Harold Hongju Koh
Harold Hongju Koh (born December 8, 1954) is an American diplomat, lawyer, legal scholar, politician, and writer who served as the legal adviser of the Department of State in the Obama administration. He was nominated to this position by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2009, and confirmed by the Senate on June 25, 2009. He left the State Department in January 2013, returning to Yale University as a Sterling Professor of international law. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2007.
Harold Koh | |
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| 고홍주 | |
Koh in 2010 | |
| Legal Adviser of the Department of State | |
| In office June 25, 2009 – January 22, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Joan Donoghue (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Mary McLeod (Acting) |
| 15th Dean of Yale Law School | |
| In office July 1, 2004 – March 23, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Anthony Kronman |
| Succeeded by | Kate Stith (Acting) |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | |
| In office November 13, 1998 – January 20, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | John Shattuck |
| Succeeded by | Lorne Craner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 8, 1954 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Mary-Christy Fisher |
| Relations | Howard Koh (brother) Daniel Koh (nephew) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) Magdalen College, Oxford (BA, MA) |
| Occupation | Diplomat, legal scholar, politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Awards | American Philosophical Society (2007) Sterling Professor (2013) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 고홍주 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Go Hong-ju |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ko Hong |
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