Won Sei-hoon (born January 31, 1951) is a former South Korean public servant. Born in Yeongju, he obtained a Masters in Urban Administration from Hanyang University. In 2009, he was appointed the 10th Director of the National Intelligence Service.^[1] He was indicted in June 2013 for attempted interference in the 2012 South Korean presidential election by allegedly ordering an online misinformation campaign against opposition candidates.^[2] On January 22, 2014 he was found guilty for graft. He got a 2-year jail term and a fine of some 160 million won.^[3] In 2015, the Supreme Court returned to a lower court this ruling.^[4] On 30 August 2017, he was sentenced to four years in prison by the Seoul High Court.^[5]

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Won Sei-hoon
Won Sei-hoon (right)
Korean name
Hangul	원세훈
Hanja	元世勳
Revised Romanization	Won Se-hun
McCune–Reischauer	Wŏn Sehun

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