Ahn Eung-mo

Ahn Eung-mo (安應模, December 24, 1930 – August 14, 2024) was a civil servant of South Korea.

Career

He was from the Sunheung (順興) lineage, and his pen names were Songju (松洲), Chadol-i, and Haesan (海山). While serving as a police officer, he was posted to the South Korean embassy in the Republic of Vietnam in 1968. He served as the 7th Director of the Police Bureau of the Ministry of Home Affairs and as the 53rd Minister of Home Affairs (March 1990 – April 1991).

Known as the "living legend of the South Korean police," Ahn Eung-mo had an unusual career that began as a police constable in the Korean National Police and included service as Director of the Police Bureau, Senior Secretary for Political Affairs to the President at the Blue House, Governor of South Chungcheong Province, Commissioner of the Public Procurement Service, and Minister of Home Affairs.¹ From May 23, 1992, to April 22, 2010, he served as chairman of the general alumni association of Dankook University. A former Commissioner General of the Korean National Police, he was active as director of the Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Society until his death.

He died of Old age on August 14, 2024.

Education

• Bachelor of Law, Dankook University (1953)
• Bachelor of Public Administration, 10th class, National Defense University of South Korea (1965)

Honorary doctorate

• Honorary Bachelor of Law, Dankook University

Related incidents and controversies

The protests triggered by the tuition dispute at Myongji University took a turn on April 24, 1991, when, after giving a speech in support of and in solidarity with a rally for academic autonomy at Sangmyung Women's University (now ), the Myongji University student council president Park Kwang-chul, a central figure in the struggle, was taken into custody while returning to his school. Two days later, on April 26, a rescue rally to secure the release of the student council president was held in front of . As the protest grew more intense, the police attempted to disperse it.