List of presidents of South Korea

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To avoid confusion, all the names on this list follow the Eastern order convention (family name first, given name second) for consistency.
Presidential Standard and Seal of the President of South Korea

Since the establishment of the Government of the Republic of Korea, commonly known as South Korea, in 1948, twelve people have served nineteen terms as president of South Korea. Under the Constitution of South Korea, the president is the country's head of state as well as its head of government. The president is also the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.

Prior to the establishment of the First Republic in 1948, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea established in Shanghai in September 1919 as the continuation of several governments proclaimed in the aftermath of March 1st Movement earlier that year coordinated Korean people's resistance against Japan during the Japanese occupation of Korea. The legitimacy of the Provisional Government has been recognised and succeeded by South Korea in the latter's original Constitution of 1948 and the current Constitution of 1988. Nine people have served twenty-four terms as Heads of State (with varying titles) of the Provisional Government between September 1919 and August 1948.

The presidential term has been set at five years since 1988. It was previously set at four years from 1948 to 1972, six years from 1972 to 1981, and seven years from 1981 to 1988. Since 1981, the president has been barred from reelection. The president must be a South Korean citizen, at least 40 years old, who has lived in South Korea for 5 years.

List of presidents

Political parties
  Conservative (Current United Future Party)
  Liberal (Current Democratic Party of Korea)
  Military
  Independent
Status
  Denotes acting president

Presidents of the First Republic

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Duration Political party Term
(Election)
rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| 1 Lee Seung-man
이승만
李承晩
(1875–1965) 		24 July 1948 27 April 1960 11 years, 278 days NARRKI →
Liberal 		1 (1948)
2 (1952)
3 (1956)
4 (Mar. 1960)[n 1]
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"| — Heo Jeong
허정
許政
(1896–1988)
(acting)[n 2] 		27 April 1960 15 June 1960 49 days Independent Acting

Presidents of the Second Republic

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Duration Political party Term
(Election)
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| — Gwak Sang-hun [ko]
곽상훈
郭尙勳
(1896–1980)
(acting)[n 3] 		16 June 1960 23 June 1960 7 days Democratic Acting
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"| — Heo Jeong
허정
許政
(1896–1988)
(acting)[n 4] 		23 June 1960 7 August 1960 45 days Independent Acting
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| — Paik Nak-chun
백낙준
白樂濬
(1895–1985)
(acting)[n 5] 		8 August 1960 12 August 1960 4 days Democratic Acting
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| 2 Yun Po-sun
윤보선
尹潽善
(1897–1990) 		12 August 1960 24 March 1962 1 year, 224 days Democratic →
New Democratic 		4 (Aug. 1960)
style="background:Template:Military/meta/color; color:white"| — Park Chung-hee
박정희
朴正熙
(1917–1979)
(acting)[n 6] 		24 March 1962 17 December 1963 1 year, 268 days Military
(General) 		Acting

President of the Third Republic

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Duration Political party Term
(Election)
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| 3 Park Chung-hee
박정희
朴正熙
(1917–1979) 		17 December 1963 26 December 1972 9 years, 9 days Democratic Republican 5 (1963)
6 (1967)
7 (1971)

Presidents of the Fourth Republic

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Duration Political party Term
(Election)
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| (3) Park Chung-hee
박정희
朴正熙
(1917–1979) 		27 December 1972 26 October 1979[n 7] 6 years, 303 days Democratic Republican 8 (1972)
9 (1978)
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"| — Choi Kyu-hah
최규하
崔圭夏
(1919–2006) 		26 October 1979 6 December 1979 41 days Independent Acting[n 4]
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"| 4 6 December 1979 16 August 1980[n 8] 254 days 10 (1979)
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"| — Park Choong-hoon [ko]
박충훈
朴忠勳
(1919–2001)
(acting)[n 9] 		16 August 1980 1 September 1980 16 days Independent Acting
style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| 5 Chun Doo-hwan
전두환
全斗煥
(born 1931) 		1 September 1980 25 February 1981 177 days Democratic Justice 11 (1980)

President of the Fifth Republic

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Duration Political party Term
(Election)
style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| (5) Chun Doo-hwan
전두환
全斗煥
(born 1931) 		25 February 1981 25 February 1988 7 years, 0 days Democratic Justice 12 (1981)

Presidents of the Sixth Republic

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Duration Political party Term
(Election)
style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| 6 Roh Tae-woo
노태우
盧泰愚
(born 1932) 		25 February 1988 25 February 1993 5 years, 0 days Democratic Justice →
Democratic Liberal →
Independent 		13 (1987)
style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| 7 Kim Young-sam
김영삼
金泳三
(1927–2015) 		25 February 1993 25 February 1998 5 years, 0 days Democratic Liberal →
New Korea →
Independent 		14 (1992)
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| 8 Kim Dae-jung
김대중
金大中
(1924–2009) 		25 February 1998 25 February 2003 5 years, 0 days National Congress →
Millennium Democratic →
Independent 		15 (1997)
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| 9 Roh Moo-hyun
노무현
盧武鉉
(1946–2009) 		25 February 2003[n 10] 25 February 2008 5 years, 0 days Millennium Democratic →
Independent →
Uri →
Independent 		16 (2002)
style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| 10 Lee Myung-bak
이명박
李明博
(born 1941) 		25 February 2008 25 February 2013 5 years, 0 days Grand National →
Saenuri 		17 (2007)
style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| 11 Park Geun-hye
박근혜
朴槿惠
(born 1952) 		25 February 2013 10 March 2017[n 11] 4 years, 13 days Saenuri →
Liberty Korea 		18 (2012)
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"| — Hwang Kyo-ahn
황교안
黃敎安
(born 1957)
(acting)[n 4] 		10 March 2017 10 May 2017 61 days Independent Acting
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color; color:white"| 12 Moon Jae-in
문재인
文在寅
(born 1953) 		10 May 2017 Incumbent 7 years, 16 days Democratic 19 (2017)

Timeline

Moon Jae-inPark Geun-hyeLee Myung-bakRoh Moo-hyunKim Dae-jungKim Young-samRoh Tae-wooChun Doo-hwanChoi Kyu-hahPark Chung-heeYun PosunSyngman Rhee

Living former presidents

As of May 2024, four former presidents are alive:

The most recent President to die was Kim Young-sam, who died on 22 November 2015 (at the age of 87 years, 337 days).

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The election was nullified.
  2. ^ as Minister of Foreign Affairs
  3. ^ as Speaker of the House of Commons
  4. ^ a b c as Prime Minister
  5. ^ as President of the Senate
  6. ^ as Chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
  7. ^ Died in office.
  8. ^ Removed by coup d'état.
  9. ^ as acting Prime Minister
  10. ^ From 12 March to 14 May 2004, Prime Minister Goh Kun served as an acting president. It was because of the National Assembly's motion to impeach him. He later returned to his post after the Constitutional Court refused to impeach him.
  11. ^ Impeached and removed.

References

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