Hwang Kyo-ahn

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Hwang Kyo-ahn (Korean: 황교안; born 15 April 1957) is a South Korean politician and prosecutor who served as the acting president of South Korea from 2016 to 2017 and as the prime minister of South Korea from 2015 to 2017. Hwang served as minister of justice from 2013 to 2015 under President Park Geun Hye. He played a leading role in the investigation into the 2013 South Korean sabotage plot, which led to the conviction of Lee Seok-ki and the dissolution of the Unified Progressive Party. In May 2015, he was nominated by President Park Geun-hye for the position of Prime Minister of South Korea and assumed office on 18 June 2015. On 9 December 2016, President Park Geun Hye was impeached by the National Assembly. Hwang assumed the role of Acting President of Korea in accordance with the presidential order of succession until the election of Moon Jae-in on 9 May 2017. In January 2019, he joined the Liberty Korea Party and was elected as its party leader on 27 February 2019. When the Liberty Korea...

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