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Roh Moo-hyun
Curriculum Vitae
กแ Birth : August 6th, 1946; Kimhae, South Kyeongsang Province
กแ Present Residence : # 302, Hyundai Villa, Myung-Ryun 1-ga, Chongno-gu, Seoul
กแ Title : Millennium Democratic Party Presidential Candidate
กแ Education
1959. 2. Graduated Daechang Elementary School, Kimhae, South Kyeongsang Province
1963. 2. Graduated Jinyoung Middle School, Kimhae, South Kyeongsang Province
1966. 2. Graduated Pusan Commercial High School
กแ Career
2001. 11. Standing Advisor, Millennium Democratic Party (MDP)
2001. 10. Supreme Council Member, Millennium Democratic Party
2001. 9. Declared Presidential bid
2000. 8. - 2001. 3. Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
2000. Lost Pusan precinct National Assemblymanship bid (16th General Election)
1998. Arbitrated Hyundai Motors strike
1998. 7. Elected to National Assembly (National Congress for New Politics)
through by-election, 15th General Election (Chongno District, Seoul) - Chairman,
Special Committee for Worker Exploitation Prevention; Budget Committee
Member; Education Committee Member
1997. 11. Vice President, the National Congress for New Politics (MDP predecessor)
1995. 6. Vice President, Democratic Party (merged); Lost Pusan Mayorship bid
1993. 10. Director, Institute for Municipal Administration Research
1993. 3. Democratic Party Supreme Council Member (youngest)
1992. Lost Pusan precinct National Assemblymanship bid (14th General Election)
1991. 10. Initiated new Democratic Party from merger with another opposition party;
appointed Spokesperson
1990. Rejected membership in three party merger initiated by Kim Jong-pil and
Kim Young Sam, opposition party leaders, and then President Noh Tae-woo of
the ruling party; Initiated the Democratic Party
1988. Earned a nationwide fame as "star" lawmaker at the 5th Republic (Chun Do-
hwan Administration) Irregularities Parliamentary fact-finding hearing
1988. 4. Elected to National Assembly, 13th General Election (Dong District, Pusan)
1987. 4. Standing Executive Committee Chairman of the nationwide "People's
Movement for Democratic Constitution," Pusan Branch
1985. Standing Chairman, Pusan Democratic Citizens' Association
1984. Director, Pusan Pollution Research Institute
1981. BooRim Incident inspired a human rights lawyer career: Two-dozen students
were arrested by government authorities without warrant and tortured for
57 days for reading banned ideological literature. Roh, taking the case at risk
and seeing one of the students' toe nails torn off from torture, was shocked
into decision to act on behalf of the underprivileged and disenfranchised.
1978. 5. Began private law practice
1977. 9. Judge, Taejon Regional Court
1975. 4. Passed state-administered bar exam (National Judiciary Exam)
1973. Married Kwon Yang-sook
1971. Fulfilled military service
1968. Began mandatory military service
1966. 2. Graduated Pusan Commercial High School (vocational)
1963. 2. Graduated Jinyoung Middle School, Kimhae, South Kyeongsang Province
1959. 2. Graduated Daechang Elementary School, Kimhae, South Kyeongsang Province
กแ General
Blood type : O
Height/Weight : 168cm, 62kg
Family : Wife, one son, one daughter
Education : High school graduate
Motto : "Be hard on yourself and generous to others."
English proficiency : Intermediate
Favorite foreign literature : Abraham Lincoln biographies; Between Hope and History by former President Bill Clinton
Most moving fiction : Les Mis rables
Most respected person : Abraham Lincoln; Gu Kim, national spiritual leader during Japanese colonial rule, assassinated by a right-wing extremist after Korean liberation
Favorite sports : Hiking and Bowling
Alcoholic beverage : Half a bottle of Soju, popular Korean distilled spirit
Favorite exercise : Yoga (half an hour a day)
Favorite food : Chicken Soup with Ginseng
Sleep : Six hours a day
Favorite movies : Schindler's List (foreign); Green Fish (Korean)
Nickname : Roh-Jjang! (Roh Cool !, nickname from Roh's Internet fan club RohSaMo, or I Love Roh)
Best consultant in times of trouble : Wife
Roh developed computer program : Knowhow 2000 (Name directory management program)
Roh authored books : Honey! Please Help Me! (1994); Ready Today for Tomorrow (1996, coauthored); Roh Moo-hyun Meets Lincoln (2001)
Roh Moo-hyun
Profile
Roh Moo-hyun, Millenium Democratic Party Presidential Candidate, born in 1946, attended elementary and middle school in Kimhae, South Kyeongsang Province and high school in Pusan.
He completed mandatory military service in 1971 and, in 1977, passed the state-administered National Judiciary (Bar) Exam, serving as Judge at Taejon Regional Court. Shortly after, he began private practice as a tax lawyer.
The 1981 "Boolim Incident" inspired his human rights law career. In that year two-dozen students were apprehended, without arrest warrant, for the possession of banned ideological literature by the then draconian dictatorial government authorities and tortured for almost two months [57 days]. Mr. Roh, took the case at personal risk and, having seen one of the students toe nails torn off as the result of torture, was shocked into the life-changing decision of henceforth acting on behalf of the disenfranchised and underprivileged.
In the 1980s, he won nationwide recognition as a human rights lawyer and civil rights leader and, in 1988, was elected to the National Assembly. In the same year, he earned nationwide fame as a "star" lawmaker at the 5th Republic (Chun Doo-hwan Administration) Irregularities Parliamentary Fact-finding Hearing for his articulate and down-to-earth image.
He has been acclaimed as a man of principle for his longstanding and persevering adherence to his political beliefs. In 1990, he rejected a politically motivated three party merger between the ruling and opposition parties. In Pusan, his opponent party's political home turf, he ran unsuccessfully, twice for the National Assembly and once for mayor, testaments to his determined fight against the nation's debilitating regionalism.
In 2000, he served as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. In 2001, he was appointed as ruling Millennium Democratic Party Supreme Council Member and Standing Advisor, prime party leadership positions.
April this year, he won Korea's first popular Presidential primary election, winning over 70% of the MDP's 70,000 strong electoral college votes in almost all regions nationwide. At the Seoul MDP Convention, on April 27, 2002, the final day of the one-and-a-half-month-long sixteen primary elections, Roh Moo-hyun was officially nominated as Millennium Democratic Party Presidential Candidate.
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