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Hong Seok-jo (born January 8, 1953)

(born December 1952 in the lunar calendar)

He is a former South Korean legal profession and businessman, chairman of BGF Retail.

Life
He graduated from Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University. In 1976, he passed the 18th judicial examination and was appointed as a prosecutor of the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office in 1981.

At an international seminar on the issue of returning Korean residents to Sakhalin and legal aspects, organized by the Asia Policy Institute (Director Min Kwan-sik) affiliated with the Zhongshan Educational Association on November 25, 1987,"We should include all Koreans who want to visit Korea and meet their families in defiance of nationality. With the aging of the first generation of Koreans living in Sakhalin, their return is meaningless. We do not have diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union."

The theme of "My Problems and Countermeasures Related to the Return of Sakhalin Koreans" was announced.

On April 20, 1990, when he was a prosecutor at the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office, he allowed Alain De Sant, head of the Seoul branch of Paribas Bank, who was suspended from leaving the country without detention on charges of assaulting a female employee. In response, the prosecutor said, "Isn't it better for the case to be resolved by the branch manager running away?" and added, "As the prosecution has given up protecting citizens' rights, I will go to the airport on the 21st to prevent them from leaving the country."

On December 16, 1997, when he was a senior prosecutor at the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office, he said, "We started a special crackdown on price offenders with the police and the Seoul Metropolitan Government."

"The act of wholesalers selling or avoiding sales in order to make profits, the act of fixing prices among operators, and various business organizations," he said

"We plan to notify the Fair Trade Commission of the Republic of Korea and file a complaint after cracking down on the act of urging price fixing to affiliated businesses," he said.

Hong Seok-jo, who was the prosecutor of the Gwangju High Prosecutors' Office, left the prosecution in 2006 when his real name was revealed in the "X-file of the Ministry of National Security" released by Roh Hoe-chan. Later, he took office as CEO of Bokwang Family Mart in March 2007, and holds 1,679,442 shares (32%), the largest shareholder.

Family

 * His father Hong Jin-ki (March 17, 1917 – July 13, 1986) was chairman of the JoongAng Ilbo's CEO board and Minister of Justice.
 * Mother Kim Yoon-nam (25 June 1924 – 5 June 2013)
 * Hong Ra-hee (born July 15, 1945) is a former director of Samsung Museum of Art Leeum
 * Brother-in-law Lee Kun-hee (9 January 1942 – 25 October 2020) – Chairman of Samsung Electronics
 * Nephew Lee Jae-yong (born June 23, 1968), Lee Seo-hyun (1973), and Lee Bu-jin
 * Hong Seok-hyun (born October 20, 1949) is the chairman of JoongAng Holdings, the chairman of JoongAng Ilbo, the ambassador to the United States, and the chairman of the Korean Peninsula Peacemaking Committee
 * Sister-in-law Shin Yeon-kyun - Shin Jik-soo's daughter
 * Wife, Yang Kyung Hee
 * Son Hong Jung-kook - CEO of BGF Retail, Daughter-in-law: Koo Hee-na
 * Son, Hong Jung Hyuk, CEO of BGF EcoBio
 * Hong Seok-jun (born September 17, 1954) is a younger brother - President of Bogwang Entrepreneurship Investment
 * Hong Seok-gyu (born January 15, 1956,) is the CEO of Phoenix
 * Younger sister Hong Ra-young (born January 10, 1960) is the vice-director of the Samsung Museum of Art Leeum and the managing director of the Samsung Cultural Foundation
 * No Cheol-soo (born July 27, 1956) is the chairman of Amicus
 * Koo Ja-yong (born March 27, 1955) is a parents of -son in-law

Career

 * 1981 Prosecutor of the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office
 * 1983 Prosecutor of Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office Cheonan Branch
 * 1985 Prosecutor of the Eastern District Office of the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office
 * 1993 Chief Planning Officer of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office
 * 1995 Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office
 * 1998 Head of Gunsan Branch of Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office
 * 1999 Deputy Prosecutor-General of the Busan District Prosecutors's Office
 * 2003 Director-General of the Justice Department
 * 2003 Director-General of the Justice Department
 * 2004 February 1 - April 7, 2005 21st Prosecutor General of the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office
 * 2005 April 8 - January 26, 2006 35th Gwangju High Prosecutor's Office
 * 2007 CEO of Bokwang Family Mart in March
 * 2011 November to November 2017 Vice President of the National Museum of Korea
 * 2012 April ~ Korea UNICEF Vice Chairman of the Korean Commission
 * 2012 June ~ Honorary Consul of Monaco
 * 2016 March ~ Director of Korea Institute of Science and Technology
 * 2016 May ~ Hong Jin-ki, Chairman of the Legal Research Foundation
 * 2017 November – Director of the National Museum of Korea
 * 2017 November ~ Chairman of BGF Retail
 * Seoul National University Association Vice President

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