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Impeachment of Han Duck-soo
| Impeachment of Han Duck-soo | |
|---|---|
| Accused | Han Duck-soo (Prime Minister and acting President of South Korea) |
| Date | 27 December 2024 to present (2 weeks and 5 days) |
| Cause |
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| Impeachment motion (27 December 2024) | |
| Votes in favor | 192 / 300 (64%) |
| Not voting | 108 / 300 (36%) |
| Result | Impeached
|
| Decision by Constitutional Court of Korea | |
| Result | Pending |
On 27 December 2024, South Korean Prime Minister and acting president Han Duck-soo was impeached. The efforts came 10 days after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached as a result of his brief enactment of martial law earlier that month, leading Han to become acting president in his stead.
Opposition Democratic Party Floor Leader Park Chan-dae announced plans to impeach Han on 24 December after he declined to approve two bills appointing special counsels to investigate Yoon and First Lady Kim Keon-hee. The motion was formally filed on 26 December after Han blocked the appointment of three justices to the Constitutional Court of Korea whose nomination was approved by the National Assembly.
Han was unanimously impeached by all 192 opposition MPs on 27 December after Speaker Woo Won-shik ruled that Han could be impeached by a simple majority due to his status as a cabinet minister. The remaining 108 MPs, who were all members of Yoon's People Power Party (PPP), boycotted the vote. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok assumed the roles of acting president and acting prime minister pending the Constitutional Court's decision on whether to remove Han from office.
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