POLI 342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Roh Moo-Hyun, Lee Myung-Bak, Park Geun-Hye
11 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Political leadership in SK
Military government (for 32 years)
• Park Chug Hee 11‐1
o Came into power through coup
o Had military regime
o Known for rapid economic development
• Chun Doo Hwan (1980-‐1
o Military regime
o Last dictator
• Roh Tae Woo (1988-1993)
o The first democratic government
o Was an army general
Civilian governments
• Kim Young Sam (1993-1998)
o First civilian government
Conservative leaders:
• Lee Myung Bak (2008-2013)
• Park Geun Hye (2013-2017)
Progressive leaders:
• Kim Dae Jung (1998-2003)
• Roh Moo Hyun (2003-2008)
• Moon Jae In (2017-present)
Rhee Syngman
• Head of state (1948-1960) during first republic
• Led SK through the Korean War
• Was a dictator
• Constitutional amendments:
o 1952: Transfer election of president from Assembly to direct popular vote
• Was corrupt and received 100% of the direct popular vote in 1960
o 1954: Eliminate presidential two-term limit
Democratic experiment: Chang Myon
• Prime minister (1960-1961) while SK has a parliamentary democracy
• Resigned due to April revolution
o Student protests during 1960
o Due to limited economic and social development and corruption
• Eventually, thrown out of office by military coup
• Constitutional amendments:
o 1960: create the second republic and change presidential system to parliamentary system
o 1960: allow retroactive criminal legislation to punish election-rigging by the previous regime
32-year military regime
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