Moon Hyung-bae

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Moon Hyung-bae
문형배
Photo in his retirement ceremony, 2025
President of the Constitutional Court of Korea
Acting 18 October 2024 – 18 April 2025
Preceded by	Lee Jong-seok
Succeeded by	Kim Hyungdu
Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea
In office 19 April 2019 – 18 April 2025
Appointed by	Moon Jae-in
Personal details
Born	(1965-02-02) 2 February 1965 (age 60)
Alma mater	Seoul National University (LLB)
Korean name
Hangul	문형배
Hanja	文炯培
RR	Mun Hyeongbae
MR	Mun Hyŏngbae

Moon Hyung-bae (Korean: 문형배; born 2 February 1965) is a South Korean judge. He was named a Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea in 2019.^[1][2][3][4] He was responsible for reading the verdict on the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol on 4 April 2025, which led to Yoon's removal as President of South Korea.^[5]

Moon is the eldest son of a farming family in a small village in Hadong County, South Gyeongsang, in 1965. He grew up in poverty and managed to finish his education after receiving a scholarship from Jinju-based traditional Korean medicine practitioner and philanthropist Kim Jang-ha. Moon graduated from Jinju Daea High School and earned his bachelor's degree in law from Seoul National University before passing the bar examinations in 1986.^[6]

• 1987 Seoul National University College of Law
• 1989 Admitted to Bar
• 1992 Judge, Busan District Court
• 2004 Judge, Changwon District Court^[6]
• 2012 Presiding Judge, Busan High Court
• 2016 Chief Judge, Busan Family Court
• 2019–2025 Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea
• 2024–2025 Acting President of the Constitutional Court of Korea^[7]

• Profile at the Constitutional Court of Korea