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Han Geun-jo (July 19, 1895 – February 8, 1972) was a South Korean politician and lawyer during the Japanese occupation. He served as the 4th, 5th, and 6th, third-term lawmaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea. He was from Gangseo-gun, South Pyongan Province.

Life
Han Geun-jo was born in Gangseo-gun, South Pyongan Province. After that, he studied in Japan and entered Meiji University's Faculty of Law. He graduated from Meiji University's law department and returned to Japan, where he passed the bar examination in 1922. Later, he returned to Pyongyang and served as a lawyer, serving as a vice-chairman of the Joseon Product Promotion Association, where Cho Man-sik was chairman, and also defending left-wing figures.

After Cho Man-sik was detained at the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, he moved to South Korea with Lee Yoon-young and other key figures of the Democratic Party of Korea. He ran in the May 10 general election in 1948 and was elected to the Constitutional Assembly. On June 1, 1948, he was appointed as an expert member of the Constitutional Basic Committee. At first, he supported Syngman Rhee's regime, but later joined the opposition party against Syngman Rhee's regime.

On August 20, 1949, he was elected to the Standing Committee of the National Progressive Reinforcement Committee.

He ran as a candidate for the Democratic Party of Korea in Jongno-gu, South Korea's third National Assembly, but failed with 8,299 votes. Later, he was elected as the Democratic Party candidate for the 4th National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, followed by three terms, including the Democratic Party of Korea of the 5th National Assembly and the proportional representation of the Democratic Party of the 6th National Assembly of the Republic of Korea.

Family

 * Son: Han Yang-seop
 * Son: Han Chun-seop
 * Son: Han Dongseop

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 * Cho Man-sik
 * Yi Yun-yong

Books

 * "The Greatest Korean-Cho Man-sik" (1973, Taeguk Publishing Company)