Harold Hongju Koh
Harold Koh | |
|---|---|
| 고홍주 | |
Koh in 2010 | |
| 22nd Legal Adviser of the Department of State | |
| In office June 25, 2009 – January 22, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | John B. Bellinger III |
| Succeeded by | Brian Egan |
| 15th Dean of Yale Law School | |
| In office July 1, 2004 – March 23, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Anthony T. Kronman |
| Succeeded by | Kate Stith (acting) |
| 7th Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | |
| In office November 13, 1998 – January 20, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | John Shattuck |
| Succeeded by | Lorne Craner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 8, 1954 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Mary-Christy Fisher |
| Relations | Howard Koh (brother) Daniel Koh (nephew) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) Magdalen College, Oxford (MA) |
| Awards | Marshall Scholarship (1977) American Philosophical Society (2007) Sterling Professor (2013) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 고홍주 |
| Hanja | 高洪株 |
| RR | Go Hongju |
| MR | Ko Hongju |
Harold Hongju Koh (born December 8, 1954) is an American diplomat, lawyer, legal scholar, politician, and writer. Except for his periods of government service, he has taught at Yale Law School from 1985 to the present, including as the law school's 15th Dean from 2004 to 2009, and currently as a Sterling Professor of international law. From 1998 to 2001, he served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor under President Bill Clinton. From 2009 to 2013, he served as the legal adviser of the Department of State in the Obama administration. He has published more then ten books on topics including international law, the U.S. Constitution, and international relations. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2007.