Participation Party

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Participation Party
國民參與當
國民參與黨
Leader Rhyu Si-min
Founded January 17, 2010  ( 2010-01-17 )
Dissolved December 5, 2011  ( 2011-12-05 )
Split from Uri Party
Merged into Unified Progressive Party
Headquarters 5-5 Changjeon-dong , Mapo-gu , Seoul , South Korea
Ideology
Political position Centre-left
Colours Yellow
Website
handypia.org
Participation Party
Hangul
國民參與當
Hanja
國民參與黨
Revised Romanization Gukminchamyeodang
McCune?Reischauer Gungminchamyotang

The People's Participation Party ( Korean 國民參與當 ; Hanja 國民參與黨 ; PPP ) was a political party of South Korea . It was formed by many of the former members of the Uri Party after the death of former President Roh Moo-hyun . Rhyu Si-min was elected as Party Chairman on March 19, 2011. In March 2011 it had 45,335 members. [3] For the April 27 by-elections , the People's Participation Party has cooperated with the Democratic Party to enter Lee Bong-su as the single opposition candidate for the Kimhae seat in the National Assembly of South Korea . On 5 December 2011, it merged into the Unified Progressive Party .

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  1. ^ "柳時敏 入黨, '親盧新黨' 彈力" (in Korean). SBS . November 10, 2009.
  2. ^ " "盧武鉉 精神 繼承" 國民參與當 創黨" . The Hankyoreh (in Korean). January 17, 2010.
  3. ^ Homepage of the People's Participation Party