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Samsung officially names third-generation heir Lee chairman

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Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong gets out of a car upon his arrival at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. [AP Photo]

Samsung Electronics has officially appointed third-generation heir Lee Jae-Yong as executive chairman, two months after he secured a pardon of his conviction for bribing a former president in a corruption scandal that toppled a previous South Korean government.

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