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The president must be a South Korean citizen, at least 40 years old, who has lived in South Korea for 5 years. [2] The term was previously set at four years during the First Republic from 1948 to 1960, including a two-term limit that was repealed in 1954.
Chaired by the president, the council in 1990 had as its statutory members the prime minister, the deputy prime minister, the ministers for foreign affairs, home affairs, finance, and national defense, the director of the Agency for National Security Planning (ANSP) which was known as the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) until December ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. President of South Korea since 2022 In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon. His Excellency Yoon Suk Yeol 윤석열 Official portrait, 2022 13th President of South Korea Incumbent Assumed office 10 May 2022 [a] Prime Minister Choo Kyung-ho (acting) Han Duck-soo Choi Sang-mok ...
Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands during the 2018 inter-Korean Summit, April 2018. At the April 2018 inter-Korean summit, Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in signed the Panmunjom Declaration, pledging to convert the Korean Armistice Agreement into a full peace treaty, formally ending the Korean War, by the end of the ...
SEOUL (Reuters) -Yoon Suk Yeol became the first incumbent South Korean president to be arrested when he finally backed down on Wednesday in a weeks-long standoff with authorities investigating him ...
Choi Kyu-hah, who served as president for only 295 days. This is a list of presidents of South Korea by time in office. The basis of the list is the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.
Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army 30 December 2011 – incumbent Appointed as per Kim Jong Il's final instructions. [5] [3] 조선인민군 대장 (朝鮮人民軍 大將) Chosŏninmin'gun daejang: General of the Korean People's Army 27 September 2010 – 18 July 2012 Conferred upon Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army ...
Moon is the third Korean president who is a Catholic, after Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun (a lapsed Catholic). Moon's wife, First Lady Kim Jung-sook, is also Catholic. He is the second leader who remains a practicing Catholic while in office; his baptismal (or Christian) name is Timothy. [170]