Cho Hanchang

Cho Hanchang (; born May 14, 1965) is a South Korean jurist who serves as a justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea. He was nominated by the National Assembly on December 26, 2024, upon the recommendation of the People Power Party and officially appointed to the court by acting national president Choi Sang-mok on January 1, 2025.

Early life and education Cho was born on May 14, 1965, in Suwon. After he graduated from , he attended Seoul National University School of Law where he graduated in 1987. He passed the 28th bar examination in 1986. In 1994, he joined the before heading to Seoul in 1996 where he served as a judge for the .

Constitutional Court of South Korea (2024–present) On December 6, 2024, the People Power Party named Cho as the ruling party's choice for one of the three Constitutional Court seats filled by the National Assembly. The National Assembly held a hearing on Cho's nomination on December 24 that was boycotted by the People Power Party. On December 26, the National Assembly voted to approve all three nominations to the Constitutional Court including Cho, Chung Kyesun, and Ma Eun-hyeok. On December 31, 2024, acting president Choi Sang-mok decided to appoint Cho. His tenure officially began on January 1, 2025.