Chronology of major events in President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's biography

SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- The following is a chronology of major events related to President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol.

-- Dec. 18, 1960: Born in Seoul
-- 1979: Graduates from Chungam High School in Seoul
-- 1983: Graduates from Seoul National University with an undergraduate degree in law
-- 1988: Graduates from Seoul National University's School of Law with a master's degree
-- 1991: Passes the 33rd state bar exam on his ninth try
-- 1994: Completes courses at Judicial Research & Training Institute
-- 1994-2001: Works at district prosecutors offices in Daegu, Seoul and Busan
-- 2002: Works as an attorney for a law firm
-- 2003: Rejoins the prosecutors office
-- 2008: Becomes head prosecutor of Nonsan branch under the Daejeon District Prosecutors Office
-- 2009-2011: Works at the Supreme Prosecutors Office
-- 2012: Marries Kim Keon-hee
-- 2013: Becomes head prosecutor of Yeoju branch under the Suwon District Prosecutors Office; leads special investigation on an opinion rigging case involving the National Intelligence Service.
-- 2014-16: Works at high prosecutors offices in Daegu and Daejeon
-- 2016: Leads special probe on a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye, which eventually led to her impeachment.
-- 2017: Becomes chief of the Seoul Central Prosecutors Office
-- 2019: Becomes Prosecutor General
-- March 2021: Resigns as Prosecutor General in an apparent protest of the government's prosecution reform plan
-- June 2021: Declares his bid for presidency
-- July 2021: Joins the main opposition People Power Party (PPP)
-- November 2021: Becomes the presidential candidate of the PPP
-- March 2022: Wins the presidential election

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