Lee Young-hee (Korean: 이영희; born 1965) is a South Korean correctional bureaucrat served as the 8th Commissioner of the Korea Correctional Service - the first woman to lead KCS since its creation in 1948 - from 2020 to 2021.
Lee Young-hee | |
|---|---|
| 이영희 | |
| Commissioner of the Korea Correctional Service | |
| In office 6 July 2020 – 30 June 2021 | |
| President | Moon Jae-in |
| Prime Minister | Chung Sye-kyun Kim Boo-kyum |
| Minister | Choo Mi-ae Park Beom-kye |
| Preceded by | Choi Kang-ju |
| Succeeded by | Yoo Byung-cheol |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1965 South Korea |
| Alma mater | Wonkwang University Korea University |
After studying law and passing the state exam, Lee dedicated her career in public service - at KCS and its parent organisation, Ministry of Justice, in particular - for over thirty years.[1] Before promoted to the head of KCS, Lee was leading the Department of Correctional Training at Institute of Justice, the research institute of Ministry of Justice.[2] Previously, she led Ministry's Social Reintegration Division as well as KCS' Gimcheon Juvenile Prison, Hwaseong Vocational Training Prison, Gwangju Correctional Institution and Suwon Detention Center.[1]
Lee holds two degrees - LLB from Wonkwang University and Master of Public Administration from Korea University.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "법무부, 법무실장 강성국ㆍ감찰관 류혁…여성 최초 교정본부장 이영희". 로리더 (in Korean). 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ "법무부, 교정본부장에 이영희 부장 임용···첫 여성 교정본부장". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ "법무부, 법무실장 강성국· 교정본부장 이영희· 감찰관 류혁". 로이슈. 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2020-07-05.