Ruler · 1932 – 2021

Roh Tae-woo

Lived 1932 – 2021; politician, military personnel. President of South Korea (South Korea), 1988 – 1993.

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

Lived: 1932 – 2021; 89 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; South Korea
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of South Korea

South Korea · the 10th of 19 dated reigns · 1948 – 2025

6 before

Chun Doo-hwan1979

Choi Kyu-hah1979

Chun Doo-hwan1980 – 1981

Roh Tae-woo1988 – 1993

Kim Young-sam1993 – 1998

Kim Dae-jung1998 – 2003

Roh Moo-hyun2003 – 2008

6 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 1988 – 1993 · 5 years · came to it aged 56

Came to it: elected
Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

He won the election in December with a plurality and was inaugurated on 25 February 1988.

Barred from running for a second term in 1992 (the 1987 constitution retained the previous ban on reelection), Roh left office on 24 February 1993.

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