2000?2007 political party in South Korea
The
Democratic Party
(
Korean
:
民主黨
;
Hanja
:
民主黨
;
RR
:
Minjudang
;
DP
) was a political party in
South Korea
. Formerly named
Millennium Democratic Party
(
Korean
:
새千年民主黨
;
Hanja
:
새千年民主黨
;
RR
:
Saecheonnyeonminjudang
;
MDP
), it was renamed on May 6, 2005. After its dissolution, its members joined the
Uri Party
or the
successor Democratic Party
.
History
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In 2000, the party officially founded, after it merged of
National Congress for New Politics
and
New People Party
led by
Lee In-je
and a number of conservative minded politicians joined it. In the
2000 Parliamentary election
the party came second winning 115 seats.
Roh Moo-hyun
was elected as president in 2002, but he subsequently left the party after he inaugurated as president and his supporters formed the
Uri Party
in 2003.
The MDP lost majority when Roh was
impeached
in March 2004 by the National Assembly for illegal electioneering and incompetence charges with support from the
Grand National Party
, losing 53 seats to a total of only 9 seats in the
2004 parliamentary election
. Roh Moo-hyun was later re-instated by the Constitutional Court, and served as president until the end of his term.
By June 2007, much of the party joined the
Uri Party
, while the New People faction merged the party with the
Central Reform United New Party
to form a
new Democratic Party
.
Political position
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The Democratic Party is a political party led by Kim Dae-jung individual charisma and is generally classified as "
liberalism
" (
Korean
:
自由主義
) or "
conservative liberalism
" (
Korean
:
保守自由主義 or 保守的 自由主義
).
[1]
[2]
Later in 2017, South Korea's
centre-right
conservative
politician
Ha Tae-keung
said of Kim Dae-jung, "He devoted his life to
democracy
and the
market economy
in Korea", adding, "He is a big adult in the conservative camp".
[3]
South Korean
centrist
conservative-liberal politician
Sohn Hak-kyu
said "the (Democratic Party of Korea's) DJ period was a complete 'centrist', but the
Roh Moo-hyun
government and the
Moon Jae-in
government were on the 'left-leaning' side". (For your information, "DJ" is an abbreviation for "Dae-jung".)
[4]
Kim Dae-jung and the Democratic Party enacted the 'Domestic Violence Prevention Act' (
Korean
:
家庭暴力禁止法
) and the 'Anti Male and Female Discrimination Act' (
Korean
:
男女差別禁止法
), and established the '
Ministry of Gender Equality
" (
Korean
:
女聲部
). Also, Kim Dae-jung himself was a
feminist
.
[5]
On the other hand, he pursued a typical conservative economic agenda and was called a "Neoliberal Revolutionist" (
Korean
:
新自由主義 革命家
).
[6]
Presidential election primary
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Candidates
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This is a list of official pre-registered candidates that declared their
2007 presidential
bid.
Election results
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President
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Legislature
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Election
|
Leader
|
Constituency
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Party list
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Seats
|
Position
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Status
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Votes
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%
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Seats
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+/-
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Votes
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%
|
Seats
|
+/-
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No.
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+/?
|
2000
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Kim Dae-jung
|
6,780,625
|
35.87
|
|
new
|
|
|
new
|
|
new
|
2nd
|
Government
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2004
|
Cho Soon-hyung
|
1,698,368
|
7.96
|
|
91
|
1,510,178
|
7.09
|
|
15
|
|
106
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4th
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Opposition
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Local
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Election
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Metropolitan mayor/Governor
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Provincial legislature
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Municipal mayor
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Municipal legislature
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2002
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2006
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See also
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Notes
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- ^
as Millennium Democratic Party
- ^
as Democratic Party
- ^
as Democratic Party
- ^
as Millennium Democratic Party
References
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- ^
曺喜昖, ed. (1998).
韓國의민주주의와사회운동: 批判?실천담론의복원과재구성을위하여
. 當代. p. 52.
ISBN
9788981630379
.
... 90 年代 김대중 政府 는 ' 中道
保守的 自由主義
' 的 性格 을 지니고 있다는 것이다 . ...
- ^
曺喜昖, ed. (2002).
國家 暴力, 民主主義 鬪爭, 그리고 犧牲: 韓國 民主主義 와 社會 運動 의 東學, 2
. 함께 읽는 冊. p. 503.
ISBN
9788990369079
.
... 金大中 과 國民 會議 의 執權 은 金永三 勢力 에 비해 相對的 으로 進步的 理라 할 수 있는
保守的 自由主義
勢力 ...
- ^
"하태경 "DJ, 빨갱이 꼬리票 떼야…보수진영 어른으로 모셔야"
"
[Ha Tae-keung said, "Let's stop stigmatizing DJ as 'communist' ... We should treat him as an 'adult of the conservative camp'."].
Yonhap News Agency
. 18 August 2017
. Retrieved
16 December
2021
.
- ^
"DJ 때 中道였던 민주당, 盧武鉉·文在寅 들어 左偏向 深化"
[During the DJ period, the Democratic Party, which was in the centre (political position), became left-leaning after Roh Moo-hyun and Moon Jae-in.].
JoongAng Ilbo
. 20 August 2018
. Retrieved
16 December
2021
.
- ^
"韓國 女性 平等史의 첫 張, 김대중이 있었다"
.
Hankook Ilbo
. 19 August 2019
. Retrieved
18 December
2021
.
- ^
"新自由主義 革命家 김대중의 成功 그리고 限界"
.
示唆IN
. 24 August 2009
. Retrieved
18 December
2021
.
- ^
Kim Yeong-hwan announced not to run
Archived
2008-01-04 at the
Wayback Machine
, Yonhap, Retrieved on August 31, 2007
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