Ruler · 1957 – present

Hwang Kyo-ahn

Born 1957, living; politician. President of South Korea (South Korea), 2016 – 2017.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: since 1957; living
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; South Korea
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of South Korea

South Korea · the 16th of 19 dated reigns · 1948 – 2025

12 before

Roh Moo-hyun2003 – 2008

Lee Myung-bak2008 – 2013

Park Geun-hye2013 – 2017

Hwang Kyo-ahn2016 – 2017

Moon Jae-in2017 – 2022

Yoon Suk Yeol2022 – 2025

Lee Jae Myung2025 – …

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 2016 – 2017 · 1 year · came to it aged 59

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

He resigned as Prime Minister on 11 May 2017, after the election of his successor as president.

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