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Cho Kuk

Politician

Cho Kuk is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Cho Kuk · Чо Гук · چو کوک · 曹国 · 曹國 · 1 more...				[sources]
Other name	Kuk Cho				[sources]
Weak alias	チョグク · チョ・グク · 曺国				[sources]
Birth date	1965-04-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Busan				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	South Korea				[sources]
Citizenship	South Korea				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Last name	Cho				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12616590				[sources]
Position	Member of the National Assembly of South Korea (2024-2024) · Minister of Justice (2019-2019) · Senior Presidential Secretary (2017-2019) · party leader (2024-)				[sources]
Education	Hyekwang High School · Seoul National University · University of California, Berkeley				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

South Korean politician (born 1965)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-01-13

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Chung Kyung-shim Close Associate	spouse	-	-
Cho Min Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Senior Presidential Secretary	2017-05-11	2019-07-26
Member of the National Assembly of South Korea	2024-05-30

Data sources

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Wikidata351,485

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