| Career |
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Feb. 2003 |
Sworn in as President of the
Republic of Korea for a five-year term of office |
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Dec. 2002 |
Elected President of the Republic of Korea
in the 16th Presidential election |
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2001 |
Advisor and Senior Member of the Central
Committee, the Millennium Democratic Party |
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Aug. 2000
- Mar. 2001 |
Minister of Maritime Affairs and
Fisheries |
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1998 |
Elected to the 15th National Assembly in
a by-election in Seoul's Jongno District as a candidate of National
Congress for New Politics (NCNP) |
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1997 |
Vice President of NCNP |
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1996 |
Standing Committee Member, the Committee
for the Promotion of National Reconciliation and Unity |
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1993 |
Director of the Research Center for Local
Autonomy |
|
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1993 |
Senior Member of the Central Committee of
the United Democratic Party |
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|
1991 |
Spokesman for the United Democratic Party |
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1988 |
Member, the Special Committee to Investigate
Political Corruption during the Fifth Republic |
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1988 |
Elected to the 13th National Assembly in
Busan's Eastern District |
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1987 |
Chairman and Director of the Busan Headquarters
of the Citizens' Movement for a Democratic Constitution (also
served as one of the leaders of the June Democratization Struggles
of 1987) |
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|
1981 |
Began career as a human rights lawyer after
defending a student involved in the "Burim Incident" in Busan |
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1978 |
Practicing attorney |
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1977 |
Judge at the Daejeon District Court |
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1975 |
Passed the 17th National Bar Examination |
