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Lee Young-hee (civil servant)

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Lee Young-hee
이영희
Commissioner of the Korea Correctional Service
In office
6 July 2020 – 30 June 2021
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterChung Sye-kyun
Kim Boo-kyum
MinisterChoo Mi-ae
Park Beom-kye
Preceded byChoi Kang-ju
Succeeded byYoo Byung-cheol
Personal details
Born1965
South Korea
Alma materWonkwang University
Korea University

Lee Young-hee (Korean이영희; 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.

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

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  1. ^ a b "법무부, 법무실장 강성국ㆍ감찰관 류혁…여성 최초 교정본부장 이영희". 로리더 (in Korean). 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  2. ^ "법무부, 교정본부장에 이영희 부장 임용···첫 여성 교정본부장". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  3. ^ "법무부, 법무실장 강성국· 교정본부장 이영희· 감찰관 류혁". 로이슈. 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2020-07-05.