List of presidents of South Korea
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This is a list of the presidents of South Korea.
Since the creation of the Government of the Republic of Korea which is commonly known as South Korea in 1948, twelve people have served nineteen terms as President of South Korea. The president is the country's head of state as well as its head of government. The president is also the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.
Presidents
changeNo. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
Presidents of the First Republic | |||||||
1 | Rhee Syng-man 이승만 李承晩 (1875–1965) |
1948 | 24 July 1948 | 26 April 1960 | 11 years, 278 days | NARRKI → Liberal | |
1952 | |||||||
1956 | |||||||
March 1960 | |||||||
— | Ho Chong 허정 許政 (1896–1988) Acting president |
— | 27 April 1960 | 15 June 1960 | 50 days | Independent | |
Presidents of the Second Republic | |||||||
— | Kwak Sang-hoon 곽상훈 郭尙勳 (1896–1980) Acting president |
— | 16 June 1960 | 23 June 1960 | 8 days | Democratic | |
— | Ho Chong 허정 許政 (1896–1988) Acting president |
— | 23 June 1960 | 7 August 1960 | 46 days | Independent | |
— | Paik Nak-chun 백낙준 白樂濬 (1895–1985) Acting president |
— | 8 August 1960 | 12 August 1960 | 5 days | Independent | |
2 | Yun Po-sun 윤보선 尹潽善 (1897–1990) |
August 1960 | 13 August 1960 | 24 March 1962 | 1 year, 224 days | Democratic → New Democratic | |
— | General Park Chung-hee 박정희 朴正熙 (1917–1979) Chairman of the SCNR |
— | 24 March 1962 | 16 December 1963 | 1 year, 268 days | Military | |
President of the Third Republic | |||||||
3 | Park Chung-hee 박정희 朴正熙 (1917–1979) |
1963 | 17 December 1963 | 26 December 1972 | 9 years, 10 days | Democratic Republican | |
1967 | |||||||
1971 | |||||||
Presidents of the Fourth Republic | |||||||
(3) | Park Chung-hee 박정희 朴正熙 (1917–1979) |
1972 | 27 December 1972 | 26 October 1979[n 1] | 6 years, 304 days | Democratic Republican | |
1978 | |||||||
— | Choi Kyu-hah 최규하 崔圭夏 (1919–2006) |
— | 26 October 1979 | 6 December 1979 | 42 days | Independent | |
4 | 1979 | 6 December 1979 | 16 August 1980[n 2] | 255 days | |||
— | Park Choong-hoon 박충훈 朴忠勳 (1919–2001) Acting president |
— | 16 August 1980 | 31 August 1980 | 16 days | Democratic Republican | |
5 | Chun Doo-hwan 전두환 全斗煥 (1931–2021) |
1980 | 1 September 1980 | 24 February 1981 | 177 days | Independent | |
President of the Fifth Republic | |||||||
(5) | Chun Doo-hwan 전두환 全斗煥 (1931–2021) |
1981 | 25 February 1981 | 24 February 1988 | 7 years, 0 days | Democratic Justice | |
Presidents of the Sixth Republic | |||||||
6 | Roh Tae-woo 노태우 盧泰愚 (1932–2021) |
1987 | 25 February 1988 | 24 February 1993 | 5 years, 0 days | Democratic Justice → Democratic Liberal → Independent | |
7 | Kim Young-sam 김영삼 金泳三 (1927–2015) |
1992 | 25 February 1993 | 24 February 1998 | 5 years, 0 days | Democratic Liberal → New Korea → Independent | |
8 | Kim Dae-jung 김대중 金大中 (1924–2009) |
1997 | 25 February 1998 | 24 February 2003 | 5 years, 0 days | National Congress → Millennium Democratic → Independent | |
9 | Roh Moo-hyun 노무현 盧武鉉 (1946–2009) |
2002 | 25 February 2003[n 3] | 24 February 2008 | 5 years, 0 days | Millennium Democratic → Independent → Uri → Independent | |
10 | Lee Myung-bak 이명박 李明博 (born 1941) |
2007 | 25 February 2008 | 24 February 2013 | 5 years, 0 days | Grand National → Saenuri | |
11 | Park Geun-hye 박근혜 朴槿惠 (born 1952) |
2012 | 25 February 2013 | 10 March 2017[n 4] | 4 years, 14 days | Saenuri → Liberty Korea | |
— | Hwang Kyo-ahn 황교안 黃敎安 (born 1957) Acting president |
— | 10 March 2017 | 9 May 2017 | 61 days | Independent | |
12 | Moon Jae-in 문재인 文在寅 (born 1953) |
2017 | 10 May 2017 | 9 May 2022 | 5 years, 0 days | Democratic | |
13 | Yoon Suk-yeol 윤석열 尹錫悅 (born 1960) |
2022 | 10 May 2022 | Incumbent (Term end on 10 May 2027) |
2 years, 137 days | People Power |
- ↑ Died in office.
- ↑ Removed by coup d'état.
- ↑ From 12 March to 14 May 2004, Prime Minister Goh Kun served as an acting president. It was because of the National Assembly's motion to impeach him. He later returned to his post after the Constitutional Court refused to impeach him.
- ↑ Impeached and removed.