Lee Sang-min (lawyer)

Lee Sang-min
Lee Sang-min
이상민
	Lee in 2024
Minister of the Interior and Safety
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 May 2022
President	Yoon Suk Yeol
Prime Minister	Han Duck-soo
Preceded by	Jeon Hae-cheol
Personal details
Born	10 November 1965 (age 59); Iksan, North Jeolla, South Korea
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Seoul National University (LLB); Korea University (MBA)
Military service
Allegiance	South Korea
Branch/service	Republic of Korea Air Force
Years of service	1989–1992
Rank	Captain; (Korean: Daewi)
Unit	Military advocate

Lee Sang-min (born November 1965) is a South Korean lawyer and a former judge. He is currently Minister of the Interior and Safety in the Cabinet of President Yoon Suk-yeol.^[1]

Career

As a minister of the MoIS, he is responsible for regional development, administrative innovation and public safety. He is recognized as one of the most powerful people in the current cabinet. After the 2022 Seoul Halloween crowd crush, however, he had to offer an official apology to the victims, although the crush had occurred at a private festival place, Itaewon, of Halloween.^[2] On 9 February 2023, he was impeached by the National Assembly, where opposition party was overwhelmingly in the majority, regarding the disaster, and was succeeded by his deputy Han Chang-seob in an acting capacity.^[3] In the last resort, on 25 July 2023, the Constitutional Court of Korea rejected his impeachment, with a unanimous conclusion. The court announced that the crush was not just caused by specific person or sole reason,but was the result of the lack in total capacity of countermeasure in the public sector. As a result, he maintained his position and has been in power more than 870 days.^[4]

References

^ "Interior Minister Lee Sang-min outlines plan to control police". Korea JoongAng Daily. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ TG24, Sky (November 2022). "Strage di Halloween a Seul, il ministro dell'Interno si scusa". tg24.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "South Korean minister impeached over Itaewon crowd crush". AP NEWS. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ 헌재, 이상민 탄핵 전원 일치로 기각... 167일 만에 직무 복귀. 25 July 2023.

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[1] "Interior Minister Lee Sang-min outlines plan to control police". Korea JoongAng Daily. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[:2-2] TG24, Sky (November 2022). "Strage di Halloween a Seul, il ministro dell'Interno si scusa". tg24.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] "South Korean minister impeached over Itaewon crowd crush". AP NEWS. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

[4] 헌재, 이상민 탄핵 전원 일치로 기각... 167일 만에 직무 복귀. 25 July 2023.

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