Kim Junghun

Kim Junghun (Zhenian: 김정헌/金政憲) is the 23rd Premier of the Republic of Zhenia. He was elected Premier of Zhenia as a result of the Parliament's nominated election for the position on November 4, 1607, serving his term alongside Chancellor Lee Saemin. Of the twenty-three Premiers in the republic's history, he is the third-youngest to be elected into the position. He was also the former director of the Daedo Central Prosecutor's Office from 1604 to 1607, being the youngest in Zhenian history to ever hold the title. He is also the first Premier in Zhenian history to have been born after the November Revolution, being born in 1571.

Kim was born into a wealthy family of legal profession in Shinhang, Zhenia. He studied law in Jinhae National University for two years before he joined the Republic of Zhenia Marine Corps from 1592 to 1595. Following military service, he graduated from the university and additionally earned his law degree at the University of Daedo Law School as. Following his graduation, he began rotating around several prosecutor positions across the nation, including Geonju, Gwangseong and finally Hansan. He was finally appointed directly into the central echelons of the National Prosecution Service as a chief prosecutor in 1601. As a chief prosecutor of the National Prosecution Service's central investigation bureau, he was involved in the Hanshin Group Scandal in 1602. He was eventually promoted into the Director of the Daedo Central Prosecutor's Office in 1604, after which he was involved with the prosecution of over 100 governmental officials and business executives, many of which had close ties with the Koo Hyunjoon administration. It was with his tenure as Director of the Central Prosecutor's Office that he received attention as a potential political leader.

On April 6, 1607, Kim resigned from the Daedo Central Prosecutor's Office and announced the beginning of his political career, with an initial goal of winning the then-upcoming general election. He became a full member of the Union of Neo-Renism the same day. Later that month, he was decided as the first proportional representative candidate of the party in the upcoming general election.