Roh's profile

Updated: 2004-03-12 11:25

Birth: Born in 1946 in Kimhae, South Kyongsang Province

Education: Graduated from Pusan Vocational High School in 1966

Career Highlights:

** February 2003: Sworn in as President of the Republic of Korea for a five-year term of office

** December 2002: Elected President of the Republic of Korea in the 16th Presidential election

** 2001: Advisor and Senior Member of the Central Committee, the Millennium Democratic Party

** August 2000 - March 2001: Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

** 1998: Elected to the 15th National Assembly in a by-election in Seoul's Jongno District as a candidate of the National Congress for New Politics (NCNP)

** 1997: Vice President of NCNP

** 1996: Standing Committee Member, the Committee for the Promotion of National Reconciliation and Unity

** 1993: Director of the Research Centre for Local Autonomy

** 1993: Senior Member of the Central Committee of the United Democratic Party

** 1991: Spokesman for the United Democratic Party

** 1988: Member, the Special Committee to Investigate Political Corruption during the Fifth Republic

** 1988: Elected to the 13th National Assembly in Busan's Eastern District

** 1987: Chairman and Director of the Busan Headquarters of the Citizens' Movement for a Democratic Constitution (also served as one of the leaders of the June Democratization Struggles of 1987)

** 1981: Began career as a human rights lawyer after defending a student involved in the "Burim Incident" in Busan

** 1978: Practicing attorney

** 1977: Judge at the Daejeon District Court

** 1975: Passed the 17th National Bar Examination

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