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Choo Mi-ae

秋美愛　/　ちゅ・みえ

Politician from South Korea

October 23, 1958 (age 67)　・　Dalseong County, South Korea

politician
judge
lawyer

My Take

Choo Mi-ae is a figure I find genuinely formidable. She trained as a judge and lawyer before politics, and that legal grounding shows in how she operates — sharp, combative, unafraid of a fight. Leading the Democratic Party of Korea from 2016 to 2018, then serving as justice minister during a politically charged stretch in 2020 and 2021, she was rarely far from controversy. I respect that she never seemed to soften herself to be more palatable. Whatever one thinks of her positions, she's a woman who climbed from a Dalseong County childhood to the center of South Korean power and stayed there on her own terms.

Overview

Choo Mi-ae (Korean: 추미애; born 23 October 1958) is a South Korean politician who is the governor-elect of Gyeonggi Province. A member of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), she was the party's leader from 2016 to 2018. Choo also served as the minister of justice from 2020 to 2021.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Choo Mi-ae
Name (Japanese): 秋美愛
Reading: ちゅ・みえ
Born: October 23, 1958 (age 67)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Dog
Origin: Dalseong County, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / judge / lawyer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Hanyang University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/choomiae_/
Xhttps://x.com/choomiae
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A7%8B%E7%BE%8E%E6%84%9B

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