Roh Moo-hyun

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Roh Moo-hyun was a South Korean human rights lawyer-turned-politician who served as the country’s president from 2003 to 2008, known for his reformist agenda and efforts to engage North Korea.

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Roh Moo-hyun canonical 8
Roh Moo-hyun administration 2
노무현 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of South Korea
South Korean politician
human
human rights lawyer
birthDate 1946-08-06
birthPlace Gimhae
South Gyeongsang Province
South Korea
causeOfDeath fall from a cliff
suicide
child Roh Geon-ho
commemoratedBy Roh Moo-hyun Foundation
countryOfCitizenship South Korea
deathDate 2009-05-23
deathPlace Bongha Village
Gimhae
South Gyeongsang Province
South Korea
education Busan Commercial High School
foreignPolicy 2007 inter-Korean summit with Kim Jong-il
Sunshine Policy continuation toward North Korea
dispatch of South Korean troops to Iraq
support for South Korea–United States alliance
ideology participatory government
knownFor anti-corruption policies
engagement policy toward North Korea
participatory democracy advocacy
reformist agenda
regionalism reform in South Korean politics
laterResidence Bongha Village
legalCareer human rights and pro-democracy cases during military rule
movement South Korean democracy movement
name Roh Moo-hyun
nativeName 노무현
linked to: Roh Moo-hyun
notableEvent 2004 Constitutional Court reinstatement
2004 impeachment by the National Assembly
occupation human rights activist
lawyer
politician
officeEnd 2008-02-25
officeStart 2003-02-25
politicalIdeology liberalism
progressivism
politicalParty Millennium Democratic Party
Uri Party
positionHeld Member of the National Assembly of South Korea
Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of South Korea
President of South Korea
predecessor Kim Dae-jung
presidentialOrder 16th President of South Korea
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Roman Catholicism
residence Blue House
signature Signature of Roh Moo-hyun
spouse Kwon Yang-sook
successor Lee Myung-bak

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Kim Dae-jung successor Roh Moo-hyun
Lee Myung-bak predecessor Roh Moo-hyun
2007 inter-Korean summit participant Roh Moo-hyun
subject linked to: inter-Korean summits
SU 2003 openingCeremonyBy Roh Moo-hyun
Sunshine Policy toward North Korea continuedBy Roh Moo-hyun administration
linked to: Roh Moo-hyun
Roh Moo-hyun name Roh Moo-hyun
Roh Moo-hyun nativeName 노무현
linked to: Roh Moo-hyun
Lee Myung-bak predecessor Roh Moo-hyun
subject linked to: Yi Myŏngbak
Liberty Korea Party hasOpposedParty Roh Moo-hyun administration
linked to: Roh Moo-hyun