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Harold Hongju Koh (; born December 8, 1954) is an American lawyer and legal scholar. He served as the Legal Adviser of the Department of State. He was nominated to this position by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2009,〔Derek Tam, "(Koh named for State post )," ''Yale Daily News'', March 23, 2009.〕〔(Presidential Nominations database ), via THOMAS . Retrieved April 16, 2009.〕 and confirmed by the Senate on June 25, 2009.〔Derek Tam, "(SENATE APPROVES KOH NOMINATION )," ''Yale Daily News'', June 25, 2009.〕 He departed as the State Department's legal adviser in January 2013,〔http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2012/12/12/after-over-three-years-koh-to-return/〕 and returned to Yale as a law professor, being named a Sterling Professor of International Law. In public service, Koh previously served in the United States Department of State during the Clinton administration as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. In academia, he served as a member of the faculty of Yale Law School, and later as its Dean. ==Early life and family== Koh was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents grew up in Korea under Japanese rule in an area that later became part of North Korea. He has described his family thus: They grew up under Japanese colonial rule, forbidden to speak Korean or even to use their Korean names. When their country was divided after World War II, my mother and her family were trapped in North Korea. In desperation, they hiked for days to the border to be picked up and were brought back to Seoul. But even there, they lived under dictatorship. For less than a year in the 1960s, (South) Korea enjoyed democracy. My father joined the diplomatic corps. But one day, tanks rolled and a coup d'etat toppled the government, leaving us to grow up in America.〔Harold Hongju Koh, "(The Bright Lights of Freedom )," a "This I Believe" segment from ''Morning Edition'', National Public Radio, February 13, 2006.〕 After the coup, Koh's father, legal scholar and diplomat Kwang Lim Koh, was granted asylum in the United States.〔Brandt Goldstein, ''Storming the Court'', Scribner, 2005, p. 31. ISBN 0-7432-3001-9〕 He moved to New Haven, Connecticut with his family and took a teaching position at Yale.〔 His wife, Hesung Chun Koh (Harold Koh's mother), had a Ph.D. in sociology and taught at Yale as well—they were the first Asian Americans to teach there.〔"Harold Hongju Koh," ''Notable Asian Americans'', Gale Research, 1995. Reproduced online in (Biography Resource Center ). Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009.〕〔Jesse Londin, "(Professor Harold Hongju Koh, Yale Law School, Dean-Designate )," Lawcrossing, c. 2004.〕 One of six siblings, Harold was struck by polio at age six; he went through "two operations, leg braces, and endless rehabilitation" and as a result still walks with a limp.〔〔Brandt Goldstein, ''Storming the Court'', Scribner, 2005, pp. 4 and 85. ISBN 0-7432-3001-9〕 One of Koh's siblings, Howard Kyongju Koh, a Harvard University public health professor and former Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner, previously served as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health in the Obama administration.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation of Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh )〕 Another sibling, Jean Koh Peters, also teaches at Yale Law School.〔〔"(Jean Koh Peters )," online at Yale.edu, undated . Retrieved April 16, 2009.〕 Koh's wife, Mary-Christy Fisher, is an attorney employed by the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center; they have two children.〔〔"(Public Interest Auction )," undated, c. 2009 . Retrieved April 16, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harold Hongju Koh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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