Ruler · 1946 – 2009

Roh Moo-hyun

Lived 1946 – 2009; inventor, politician. President of South Korea (South Korea), 2003 – 2008.

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Lived: 1946 – 2009; 63 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; South Korea
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of South Korea

South Korea · the 13th of 19 dated reigns · 1948 – 2025

9 before

Roh Tae-woo1988 – 1993

Kim Young-sam1993 – 1998

Kim Dae-jung1998 – 2003

Roh Moo-hyun2003 – 2008

Lee Myung-bak2008 – 2013

Park Geun-hye2013 – 2017

Hwang Kyo-ahn2016 – 2017

3 after

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 2003 – 2008 · 5 years · came to it aged 57

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 2008; they died in 2009

Roh won the presidency on 19 December 2002, by defeating Lee Hoi-chang with a narrow 2% margin of victory.

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