The former president of Pusan National University, Cha Jeong-in, who was appointed as the Chairperson of the National Education Commission on the 13th, is a former prosecutor and a fellow judicial training institute graduate of President Lee Jae-myung.
Born in 1961, he is from Changwon, Gyeongnam, and graduated from Masan High School and the Department of Law at Pusan National University. He later earned his master's and doctoral degrees at the same university.
Cha served as a prosecutor after passing the bar exam (28th). A graduate of the 18th judicial training institute, he is known to be a classmate of President Lee. He later worked as a prosecutor at the Changwon District Prosecutor's Office, the Daegu District Prosecutor's Office, and the Southern Seoul District Prosecutor's Office from 1989 to 1993.
In 1993, he started practicing law in his hometown of Gyeongnam. At that time, he also was active in the Lawyers for a Democratic Society. He later became a professor at the Pusan National University School of Law and served as the university's president.
He is known to have promoted a press conference for the 'Creating 10 Seoul National Universities' policy proposal by former and current university presidents and education superintendents in May. After the resignation of former Minister of Education Lee Jin-sook, he also received recommendations for a new ministerial candidate from some segments of the education community.
▲Changwon, Gyeongnam (64) ▲Masan High School ▲Department of Law at Pusan National University ▲Master's and Doctorate in Law from Pusan National University ▲18th Judicial Training Institute ▲21st President of Pusan National University ▲Chair of the Council of Presidents of National Core Universities ▲Current Professor at Pusan National University School of Law