| Kim Myeong-su | |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Office: | 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea |
| Term Start: | 25 September 2017 |
| Term End: | 24 September 2023 |
| Appointed: | Moon Jae-in |
| Predecessor: | Yang Sung-tae |
| Successor: | Cho Hee-dae |
| Occupation: | Jurist |
| Alma Mater: | Seoul National University School of Law |
| Birth Place: | Busan, South Korea |
| Birth Date: | 12 October 1959 |
Kim Myeong-su (; born 12 October 1959) is a South Korean jurist and the 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea, inaugurated on 25 September 2017, succeeding the outgoing Yang Sung-tae. He retired on September 24, 2023.
Kim graduated from the Seoul National University School of Law in 1981, and passed the National Judicial Examination in 1983. He began his career at the Northern Branch Court of Seoul District Court in 1986. In February 2016, he was assigned as the Chief Judge of Chuncheon District. He began his 6-year term as Chief Justice on 25 September 2017, after being elected in a 160–134 vote of parliamentary approval.[1] [2]