Kim Young Sam Is Elected South Korean President
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Elections, Voting
- Curriculum: Asian History
- Geographical Location: Korea, South Korea
- Date: December 18, 1992
Article abstract: In a three-way race, dissident Kim Young Sam won the 1992 presidential election with a 42 percent plurality.
Kim Young Sam Wins
On December 18, 1992, Kim Young Sam was elected president of South Korea by a 42 percent plurality in a three-way race. Kim was the candidate of the Democratic Liberal Party (DLP). A political dissident, he had been imprisoned in 1961 for opposing the military coup that controlled South Korea for two decades, had been expelled from Parliament in 1979, and had endured house arrest in 1980 and 1982. He was banned...
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