Wan J. Kim
Wan J. Kim | |
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2005 official portrait | |
| Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division | |
| In office November 9, 2005 – August 31, 2007 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Alexander Acosta |
| Succeeded by | Tom Perez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Seoul, South Korea |
| Education | Johns Hopkins University (B.A.) University of Chicago (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Wan J. Kim | |
| Hangul | 김완주 |
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| Revised Romanization | Gim Wanju |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Wanju |
Wan J. Kim (born 1968) is an American attorney and former government official who served as Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice from November 9, 2005, to August 31, 2007. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Kim is the first immigrant to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, and is the first Korean American ever to become an Assistant Attorney General. On August 23, 2007, Kim announced that he was leaving the agency for the private sector.