The Chairperson of the Personal Information Protection Commission () is the Chairperson of the Personal Information Protection Commission in South Korea. As head of the commission, the Chairperson represents the Personal Information Protection Commission.
Appointment and Duties According to 'Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA, )' amended in 2020Before this amendment, the Chairperson was directly appointed by the President without recommendation from the Prime Minister. article 7-2(2), the chairperson is recommended by the Prime minister and appointed by the President. Currently in year 2022, this appointment procedure does not require legislature consent or hearing.On full list of offices requiring legislature hearing, see article 65-2(2) of the National Assembly Act. For full list of offices requiring legislature consent see article 46-3(1) of the Act.
Yet as one of the nine commissioners constituting the commission, candidate for the chair should fulfill one of following career requirement under article 7-2(2); Civil service with Grade III or higher on data protection, or more than 10 years as lawyer, or more than 3 years as executive in organization specialized in data protection, or more than 5 years as professor in universities.
The chairperson has following powers and duties according to the PIPA. By article 7-2(2), the chair nominates two of nine commissioners in the commission, to be appointed by the President. By article 7-3(1), the chair presides every session of the commission, and handles administrative task of the commission. By article 7-3(3) and (4), the chair can participate and speak opinion in the National Assembly or the State Council on tasks of the commission.
Tenure and Treatment After reformation of the Commission in 2020, the chair is now treated as equal as other minister in South Korean government. It has three-year tenure and protected from removal during its term by article 7-4 and 7–5. This status guarantees role of the commission as independent agency on data protection affairs.
List of the Chairs
List of Chairs before PIPC as central administrative agency No. Name Tenure Appointed by Ref.1Park Jong-tae2 December 2011 - 28 March 2013Lee Myung-bak2Jeong Ha-kyung30 May 2013 - 29 May 2016Park Geun-hye3Lee Hong-sub30 May 2016 - 29 May 2019 -Kim Il-jae (acting)29 May 2019 - 5 August 2020Moon Jae-in
List of Chairs after PIPC as central administrative agency No. Name Tenure Appointed by Ref.1Yoon Jong-in5 August 2020 - 6 October 2022Moon Jae-in2Ko Hak-soo7 October 2022 -Yoon Suk-yeol
See also Personal Information Protection Commission (South Korea) National data protection authority State Council of South Korea
References
External links Official website of PIPC in English