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Yoon Suk Yeol

PEP

Yoon Suk Yeol 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	Jun Sok-jol · Jun Sokjolas · Jun Szogjol · Sokjols Juns · Yoon Seok-yeol · 26 more...				[sources]
Alias	Ambrose Yoon · Jun Sŏk-jŏl · Juns Sokjols · Sukjols Juns · Yon Suk-yol · 11 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ユン・ソギョル · ユン・ソクヨル · ユン・ソンニョル · 尹錫悅				[sources]
Birth date	1960-12-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Seongbuk District				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	South Korea				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Seok-yeol				[sources]
Last name	Yoon				[sources]
Political association	People Power Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16090635				[sources]
Position	President of South Korea (2022-2025) · Prosecutor General of South Korea (2019-2021)				[sources]
Education	Chungam High School · Judicial Research and Training Institute · Seoul National University				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-26	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of South Korea from 2022 to 2025

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-04-11

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Choi Seong-ja Close Associate	mother	-	-
Lee Bong-mo PEP	granduncle · relative

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of South Korea	2022-05-10	2025-04-04

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,769

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,636

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata327,301

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,843

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-5b8dee124cc6b21d365c0a11128c0c6358696dc6 · us-cia-korea-south-yoon-suk-yeol-president

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