Moon Jae-in

Korean name
Hangul	文在寅
Hanja	文在寅
Revised Romanization	Mun Jaein
McCune?Reischauer	Mun Chaein

His Excellency

Moon Jae-in
His Excellency ; Moon Jae-in
文在寅
	Moon Jae-in in 2017
12th President of South Korea
	In office ; 10 May 2017 ? 9 May 2022
Prime Minister	Hwang Kyo-ahn ; Yoo Il-ho (Acting) ; Lee Nak-yeon ; Chung Sye-kyun ; Hong Nam-ki (Acting) ; Kim Boo-kyum
Preceded by	Park Geun-hye ; Hwang Kyo-ahn ( (Acting )
Succeeded by	Yoon Suk-yeol
Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea
	In office ; 9 February 2015 ? 27 January 2016
Preceded by	Ahn Cheol-soo , Kim Han-gil
Succeeded by	Kim Chong-in
Member of the National Assembly
	In office ; 30 May 2012 ? 29 May 2016
Preceded by	Chang Je-won
Succeeded by	Chang Je-won
Constituency	Busan Sasang
Personal details
Born	24 January 1953 (age 71) ; Geoje , South Gyeongsang , South Korea
Political party	Democratic Party of Korea
Spouse(s)	Kim Jung-sook (m. 1981)
Children	2
Alma mater	Kyung Hee University ( LL.B. )
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	South Korea
Branch/service	Republic of Korea Army
Years of service	1975-1978
Rank	Byeongjang (Sergeant)

Moon Jae-in ( Korean pronunciation: [mun.d???.in] ; born 24 January 1953) is a South Korean politician. He was the 12th President of South Korea from 10 May 2017 until 9 May 2022. He won the majority vote in the 2017 presidential election . ^[1]

Moon was the opposition leader of the Minjoo Party of Korea from 2015 to 2016. He was a member of the 19th National Assembly . He was the Democratic United Party 's candidate for the 2012 presidential election after winning a majority in the party primaries . However, lost the election to Park Geun-hye .

He was formerly a lawyer and chief of staff to late President Roh Moo-hyun prior to getting into politics.

In April 2018, Moon and Kim Jong-un formerly attended the inter-Korean summit of 2018 . They both agreed to formally end the Korean War before 2019. ^[2]^[3]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea , Moon became well known for his handling of the virus and had positive support over it. ^[4] It helped his party win a historic victory in the 2020 legislative election . ^[5]

References [ change | change source ]

↑ "South Korea presidency 'won by liberal Moon Jae-in' " .
↑ "North Korean leader to visit South for first time" . Korea JoongAng Daily . March 8, 2018 . Retrieved March 24, 2018 .
↑ "Koreas make nuclear pledge after summit" . BBC News . 27 April 2018 . Retrieved 27 April 2018 .
↑ Firedhoff, Karl (April 1, 2020). "President Moon Jae-In Handled the Coronavirus Well, but Can He Win South Korea's April Elections?" . The National Interest . Retrieved May 26, 2020 .
↑ "S. Korean ruling party wins landslide election on strength of virus response" . France24 . April 16, 2020 . Retrieved May 26, 2020 .

Other websites [ change | change source ]

Media related to Moon Jae-in at Wikimedia Commons
(in Korean) Moon Jae-in Camp

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[1] "South Korea presidency 'won by liberal Moon Jae-in' " .

[2] "North Korean leader to visit South for first time" . Korea JoongAng Daily . March 8, 2018 . Retrieved March 24, 2018 .

[BBC_pledge-3] "Koreas make nuclear pledge after summit" . BBC News . 27 April 2018 . Retrieved 27 April 2018 .

[:4-4] Firedhoff, Karl (April 1, 2020). "President Moon Jae-In Handled the Coronavirus Well, but Can He Win South Korea's April Elections?" . The National Interest . Retrieved May 26, 2020 .

[5] "S. Korean ruling party wins landslide election on strength of virus response" . France24 . April 16, 2020 . Retrieved May 26, 2020 .

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