Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol
On 14 December 2024, Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, was impeached by the National Assembly. This came in response to Yoon's declaration of martial law on 3 December 2024, which was overturned by the National Assembly and officially ended six hours later on 4 December 2024.
| Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol | |
|---|---|
 Speaker of the National Assembly Woo Won-shik signing the article of impeachment | |
| Accused | Yoon Suk Yeol (President of South Korea) |
| Date | 4 December 2024 to present |
| Outcome | Impeached on 14 December 2024; awaiting court decision |
| Charges | |
| Cause | Declaration of martial law |
| Polls | |
| First impeachment motion 7 December 2024 | |
| Present | 195 / 300 (65%) |
| Not voting | 105 / 300 (35%) |
| Result | Votes not counted due to failure to reach quorum amid PPP boycott; impeachment unsuccessful |
| Second impeachment motion 14 December 2024 | |
| Votes in favor | 204 / 300 (68%) |
| Votes against | 85 / 300 (28%) |
| Result | Impeached
|
| Decision by Constitutional Court of Korea | |
| Result | Pending |
Former prime minister Han Duck-soo became acting president until the Constitutional Court's decision on whether to remove Yoon from office. An earlier impeachment motion was put to a parliamentary vote on 7 December 2024 but failed because the number of attending legislators did not meet the needed number for it to pass.
This is the third impeachment of a South Korean president: Roh Moo-hyun was impeached in 2004 but acquitted by the Constitutional Court, while Park Geun-hye was impeached in 2016 and convicted and removed from office in 2017 after the Constitutional Court's confirmation.
On 31 December, the Seoul Western District Court issued an arrest warrant for Yoon with charges relating to abuse of power, and orchestrating the 2024 South Korean martial law crisis.[2]
References
change- ↑ "[전문] 野6당 발의 2차 '윤석열 대통령 탄핵소추안'". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 12 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ↑ Kim, Seung-yeon (2024-12-31). "Court issues warrant to detain impeached President Yoon in martial law probe". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
