Liberal Party government

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The Liberal Party government was the South Korean ruling administration whose authoritarian rule and electoral corruption sparked the April Revolution of 1960.

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Liberal Party government canonical 1
Liberal Party regime 1

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instanceOf government
alsoKnownAs Liberal Party regime
Syngman Rhee regime
linked to: Syngman Rhee
basedIn Seoul
causeOf April Revolution
characterizedBy authoritarianism
electoral fraud
political repression
press censorship
collapsedAfter April Revolution
country South Korea
endedWith resignation of Syngman Rhee
endTime 1960
followedBy Chang Myon government
linked to: Chang Myon

Second Republic of Korea
foreignPolicy pro-United States
governmentType presidential system
headOfGovernment Syngman Rhee
headOfState Syngman Rhee
held rigged elections
ideology anti-communism
conservatism
inPowerDuring post-Korean War reconstruction period
language Korean
legislature National Assembly of South Korea
maintained strong anti-communist security apparatus
notableFigure Jang Taek-sang
Lee Ki-poong
opposedBy intellectuals
opposition parties
student protesters
partOf First Republic of Korea
politicalPosition right-wing
precededBy First Republic of Korea early coalition governments
reasonForEvent authoritarian rule
electoral corruption
region East Asia
rulingParty Liberal Party (South Korea)
significantElection 1960 South Korean presidential election
1960 South Korean vice-presidential election
significantEvent April Revolution
startTime 1951
suppressed left-wing movements
political opposition
timePeriod Cold War
triggered mass student demonstrations in April 1960
used security laws to control dissent

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April Revolution opposed Liberal Party government
Liberal Party government alsoKnownAs Liberal Party regime
linked to: Liberal Party government