About Choi Sang-mok
Choi Sang-mok (Korean: 최상목, born 7 June 1963) is a South Korean politician who served as the acting president and acting prime minister of South Korea from December 2024 to March 2025, following the impeachment of Han Duck-soo, which was subsequently overturned by the Constitutional Court. Choi served as the deputy prime minister and the minister of economy and finance from December 2023 to May 2025. Choi was initially expected to assume the acting presidency and prime ministership again on 2 May, when Han resigned to run for president, but resigned on the night of 1 May, ahead of an anticipated impeachment vote in the National Assembly. Therefore, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Lee Ju-ho assumed the acting presidency. == Early life and education == Choi was born on 7 June 1963 in Seoul, South Korea. After graduating from Osan High School (72nd), he entered Seoul National University School of Law (Class of 82) in 1982, chose the Department of Law in his second year, and passed the 29th Public Administration Examination in 1985. In June 1996, he received his PhD in economics from Cornell University, specializing in macroeconomics. == Early career == Choi enlisted in the Army on 13 October 1986 after being adjudicated as a six-month National Guard, as he was the only male heir of his father. He served as an administrative soldier (general administrative specialty) in the Army Headquarters Command Office, and was demobilized as a private on 12 April 1987. Since then, he served as an official of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, serving as the Director of the Securities System Division of the Ministry of Finance and Economy (Level 3), the Director of the Financial Policy Division / the Director of the Public Funds Management Committee of the Financial Services Commission (Level 2), the Director of the Policy Coordination Bureau of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, the Director of the Economic Policy Bureau, and the Director of the Policy Cooperation Office of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (Level 1).
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