Roh Tae-woo, South Korea’s first democratically elected president, who played a controversial role in the country’s transition from a military dictatorship, has died at 88
SEOUL—Roh Tae-woo, South Korea’s first democratically elected president who played a controversial role in the country’s transition from a military dictatorship, died Tuesday. He was 88 years old.
When dictator Park Chung-hee was assassinated in 1979, Mr. Roh joined a coup that made his former classmate from the military academy, Chun Doo-hwan, president. Under Mr. Chun, Mr. Roh served as the sports and interior minister and the chief of the then-ruling Democratic Justice Party. Mr. Roh accepted a direct presidential poll, which was the start of South Korea’s transition to democracy. He won the election through a direct vote and served as president from 1988 to 1993.
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