23 Facts About Jeon Hae-cheol

Jeon Hae-cheol is a South Korean lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of the Interior and Safety from 2020 to 2022.

Jeon Hae-cheol formerly served as the Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs from 2006 to 2007, under the then President Roh Moo-hyun.

Jeon Hae-cheol has been the Member of the National Assembly for Sangnok 1st constituency since 2012.

Jeon Hae-cheol is one of the key figures of the pro-Moon Jae-in, as well as one of "3 Cheols ".

Jeon Hae-cheol was born in Mokpo, South Jeolla on 18 May 1962.

Jeon Hae-cheol's father was originally from Pyongyang, but had moved to Mokpo during the Korean War.

Jeon Hae-cheol was educated at Daesung Primary School and Youngheung Secondary School.

Jeon Hae-cheol had completed his high school education at Masan Central High School, where only had 2 students from Honam including him; at first, he thought he was the sole student from Honam.

Jeon Hae-cheol later described that he was often mocked by his classmates for speaking Jeolla dialect.

Jeon Hae-cheol had been interested in social justice and human rights since then.

Jeon Hae-cheol had joined the protests for several times, though never led any of them.

Jeon Hae-cheol moved to Seoul in 1981 and enrolled in Korea University, where he studied law.

Jeon Hae-cheol had completed his national service as a military prosecutor in Yanggu, Gangwon.

Jeon Hae-cheol became a lawyer specialising labour issues, defending and helping foreign workers, industrial victims and so on.

Jeon Hae-cheol was one of the key figures to form a counsel to defend Roh.

Jeon Hae-cheol resigned from his position on 21 December 2007 in order to contest in the 2008 election.

Jeon Hae-cheol then contested for Sangnok 1st constituency under the banner of the United Democratic Party, but was defeated by the GNP candidate Lee Hwa-soo.

Jeon Hae-cheol was challenged by the then ruling Saenuri candidate Park Sun-hee, but Jeon was still leading at several pollings.

Jeon Hae-cheol received 46,927 votes and defeated Park with a margin of 16,630 votes.

On 28 April 2020, following the victory of the Democratic Party in the general election, Jeon Hae-cheol announced his bid for the party's parliamentary leadership.

On 4 December 2020, Jeon Hae-cheol was designated the new Minister of the Interior and Safety by the President Moon Jae-in, replacing the incumbent Chin Young.

Jeon Hae-cheol married Chang Sun-hui and has a son and a daughter.

Jeon Hae-cheol's son was exempted from the national service due to scoliosis.