Kim Ji-yong, 58, managing partner at the law firm Apex, has been recommended as the first commissioner of the Major Crimes Investigation Agency, which launches on the 2nd of next month.
Interior Minister Yoon Ho-jung said at a briefing on the 7th that he had decided to recommend Kim from among the candidates, in deference to the recommendations of the nomination committee for the agency's commissioner.
Kim, a native of Buyeo in Chungcheongnam-do Province, graduated from the high school affiliated with the College of Education at Kongju National University and from Sungkyunkwan University's law school. He passed the 38th bar examination, completed the Judicial Research and Training Institute as a member of its 28th class, and began his career as a prosecutor at the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office. He went on to serve as chief of the special investigations division at the Daegu District Prosecutors' Office, chief of the second trial division at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, head of the first inspection division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, head of the Chuncheon District Prosecutors' Office, chief of the criminal affairs bureau at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, and deputy chief prosecutor at the Gwangju High Prosecutors' Office.
Yoon described Kim as an investigation and legal expert who has built up ample experience in criminal justice, including investigations, inspections and trials. Kim will be designated by the president, undergo a confirmation hearing at the National Assembly and then be formally appointed by the president.
