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Cho Yong-soon (19 February 1898 – 27 August 1975 ) was a South Korean lawyer who served as the 7th Minister of Justice and the 2nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. His domicile was Imcheon, and his pen name was Chunsan, and he was from Daedeok-gun, Chungcheongnam-do (now Daedeok-gu, Daejeon).

Life
In March 1918, he graduated from Gyeongseong High School (the predecessor of the current Gyeonggi High School) and in March 1922, he graduated from Gyeongseong Law School. From March 1923, he worked as a clerk and interpreter at the Kaesong branch of the Gyeongseong District Court, and passed the special appointment examination for judges held in April 1925, and began his career as a judge. On July 30, 1926, he was appointed as a judge of the Haeju District Court's at the Jaeryeong branch, and on November 16, 1928, he received a certificate of honor from the Japanese government.

On October 28, 1932, he was appointed a judge of the Pyongyang District Court and served as a judge of the Suncheon Branch of the Gwangju District Court from August 14, 1936 to August 31, 1940.

In August 1937, the Japanese government received a Seobo award of the 6th rank of the Hun, and in September 1940, he was crowned 5th rank. On May 10, 1941, he opened as a lawyer in Haeju-bu, Hwanghae-do, and served as a deputy member of Haeju-bu, Hwanghae-do from May 1943 to August 1945, when he was liberated.

Due to these deeds, they were included in the pro-Japanese dictionary of the Institute for National Studies.

On November 19, 1945, he was appointed as the presiding judge of the Daejeon District Court and served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court from April 4, 1946 to May 16, 1946. From August 13, 1948 to November 13, 1948, and from February 7, 1952 to November 6, 1953, he served as the president of the Daegu High Court twice. He served as chairman of the National Election Commission from 18 April 1954 to 31 March 1958.

He served as Minister of Justice from 30 June 1954 to 15 September 1955, and as Chairman of the Assessment Committee from 2 November 1955 to 8 June 1958. He served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from June 20, 1958 to May 16, 1960.