Kim Bok-hyeong

Kim Bok-hyeong (Korean: 김복형; born May 5, 1968), also romanized as Kim Bok-hyung, is a South Korean jurist who serves as a justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea. She was nominated by Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae on August 20, 2024, and officially appointed to the court by national President Yoon Suk Yeol on September 12, 2024, with her term officially beginning on September 21. She is the seventh woman to serve on the Constitutional Court after Justice Jung Jungmi.

Originally from Geoje, Kim graduated from the Seoul National University College of Law and the 24th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute before beginning her career as a judge for the Seoul District Court in 1995. For the next 29 years, she served as a judge for courts in the areas of Seoul, Ulsan, Gyeonggi, Daegu, and Gangwon. In 2024, she was nominated and appointed to the Constitutional Court as a replacement for Justice Lee Eunae. During her tenure on the court, she has been classified as moderate conservative judge.