Lee Hoi-chang
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Liberty Forward Party | |
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In office 1 February 2008 – 9 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Byun Woong-jeon |
President of the Grand National Party | |
In office 30 August 1998 – 1 April 2002 | |
Preceded by | Cho Soon |
Succeeded by | Park Kwan-yong (acting) |
President of the New Korea Party | |
In office 30 September 1997 – 21 November 1997 | |
Preceded by | Kim Young-sam |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Roman Catholic[3] | 2 June 1935
Signature | |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 이회창 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | I Hoe-chang |
McCune–Reischauer | Yi Hoech'ang |
Art name | |
Hangul | 경사 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gyeongsa |
McCune–Reischauer | Kyŏngsa |
Lee Hoi-chang (Korean pronunciation:
Early life and education
Lee was born to an elite family in Seoheung,
Political career
In 1988, Lee was appointed Chairman of the
In 1996, Lee led the parliamentary campaign of the then-ruling New Korea Party (NKP), which merged with the United Democratic Party to become the
Lee again campaigned to win the presidency in 2002, running against Roh Moo-hyun of the incumbent Millennium Democratic Party. Although corruption scandals marred the incumbent government, Lee's campaign suffered from the wave of Anti-American sentiment in Korea generated by the Yangju highway incident. Public opinion of Lee, who was widely seen as being both pro-U.S. and the preferred candidate of the George W. Bush Administration in Washington, D.C., suffered. After losing to Roh by 2% in the December 2002 elections, Lee subsequently announced his retirement from politics.[5][8]
On November 7, 2007, Lee officially announced his third campaign for the South Korean presidency as an unaligned candidate after quitting the GNP. Launching his campaign late in the race, some two months prior to the election, Lee joined GNP candidate Lee Myung-bak, UNDP contender Chung Dong-young, and Moon Kook-hyun. Running to the right of his opponents, Lee criticized foreign aid to North Korea, arguing that such programs were fiscally burdensome and inappropriate while North Korea continued to pursue the development of nuclear weapons.[9][10] His presidential bid posed a concern to the conservatives who were eager to regain the presidency after a decade of leftist rule, as it was feared Lee's candidacy would divide the conservative vote; however, Lee Myung-Bak won the December elections with 48.7% of the vote, while Lee Hoi-chang came in third, with approximately 15%.[11][12][13] After his 2007 election bid, Lee founded the
Political positions
Lee has been described as a staunch
References
- ^ "Opposition gains control in S. Korea". CNN. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Asiaweek.com Power 50". Asiaweek. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ KBS WORLD radio
- ^ a b Holley, David (22 July 1997). "S. Korea's 'Mr. Clean' Is Nominee for President". LA Times. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Profile: Lee Hoi-Chang". BBC News. 3 December 2002. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Liberty Korea Party | History, Mergers, & Name Changes | Britannica".
- ^ Nicholas D., Kristof (7 September 1997). "Sons' Military Weigh-In Pulls Korean Candidate From Lead". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Cossa, Ralph A. (December 2012). "U.S.-Korea Relations: Trials, Tribulations, Threats, Tirades" (PDF). Comparative Connections—An E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Brooke, James (12 September 2001). "Observation Post Dora Journal; This Train Is Bound for Nowhere, for the Moment". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Kang, David C. (March 2008). Flake, Gordon L.; Park, Ryo-byug (eds.). Understanding New Political Realities in Seoul: Working toward a Common Approach to Strengthen U.S.-Korean Relations (PDF). pp. 27–42. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Angus Reid page on South Korea Archived March 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Lee wins South Korea's election". BBC News. 19 December 2007.
- ^ "Conservative landslide marks new era in South Korea". The Heritage Foundation. 20 December 2007. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009.
- ^ a b Foster-Carter, Aidan (1 August 2014). "What's Left in South Korea?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 24 April 2015.