Roh Moo-hyun
Roh Moo -hyun ( born September 1, 1946 in Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam Province; † 23 May, 2009 Busan, Gyeongsangnam Province) was a South Korean politician and of 25 February 2003 to 25 February 2008 President of the Republic of Korea. Before he went into politics, he was a human rights lawyer. He was regarded as a force for democratization, human rights and the country's poor. Roh had set out to appeal for reconciliation with North Korea.
Early life and education
Roh was born in 1946 in Gimhae in Busan in the southeast of South Korea. In 1960 he led a protest at his school against the mandatory caps to assist in the then President had to be praised. After successful completion of high school and completion of military service in the army he worked in various odd jobs and prepared for self-study on the legal state examinations, which he successfully completed in 1975.
In 1977 he became district judge in Daejeon and was from 1978 tax lawyer. In 1981 he defended students who had been arrested and tortured for possession of banned literature without a warrant by the military government. In early 2003 he was quoted as follows: "When I saw their horrified eyes and the missing toenails, my comfortable life as a lawyer at an end. "
He campaigned against the then autocratic regime in South Korea. In September 1987 he came as a leader of the pro-democracy organization "June Struggle" for three weeks in jail.
Roh Moo -hyun was married to Kwon Yang - sook ( Hangul: 권양숙, Hanja :权 良 淑). From this marriage two children were born, his son Geon -ho ( 건호, * 1973) and his daughter Jeong- yeon ( 정연, * 1975).
On 23 May 2009, Roh Moo -hyun crashed near his residence to death. According to a farewell letter, then moved to the consequences of a running against him bribery procedures.
Political career
1988, Roh Moo - hyon went into politics, where he made serious allegations against the government, accusing especially corruption and the Gwangju massacre in 1980. In the same year he was the Democratic Union party ( Kor. 통일 민주당 ) in the Gukhoe, the South Korean parliament who were elected, where he served six years. After a candidate in 2000 in vain for the Gukhoe, he was until 2001 Minister of Fisheries. As a presidential candidate of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party ( MDP), he won the election on 19 December 2002 and entered in succession to his father's political mentor Kim Dae -jung on 25 February 2003, the president of. Soon after, he resigned from the MDP and founded with his supporters, the Uri Party.
Presidency
On 12 March 2004 impeachment proceedings have been initiated for breach of the duty of neutrality in office against raw, which was annulled by the South Korean Constitutional Court on 14 May. In the reasoning of the Court stated that the issues raised in Parliament grounds for impeachment are not enough. As interim president officiated by the then Prime Minister Goh Kun.
As a second South Korean President Kim Dae -jung after raw went in October 2007 for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong- il to Pyongyang, where the two leaders signed a " Declaration of Peace ".