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Kim Dae-jung

1924 - 2009

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Kim Dae-jung (Korean: 김대중; Hanja: 金大中, pronounced [kim.dɛ.dʑuŋ]; 6 January 1924 – 18 August 2009) was a South Korean politician, activist and statesman who served as the eighth president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003. Kim entered politics as a member of the new wing of the Democratic Party. He was an opposition politician who carried out a democratization movement against the military dictatorship from the Third Republic in the 1960s to the Fifth Republic in the 1980s. He ran unsuccessfully in presidential elections in 1971, 1987, and 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Dae-jung is the 605th most popular politician (down from 569th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 5th in 2019) and the 6th most popular South Korean Politician.

Kim Dae-jung is most famous for being the president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kim Dae-jung ranks 605 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick I of Prussia, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Lothair I, Mahmud I, Rani of Jhansi, and Alaric I. After him are Louis, Grand Dauphin, Zhou Enlai, Philip Noel-Baker, Alfred Rosenberg, Agrippina the Younger, and Semiramis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Kim Dae-jung ranks 8. Before him are Marlon Brando, George H. W. Bush, Charles Aznavour, Marcello Mastroianni, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, and Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. After him are Truman Capote, Robert Mugabe, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Eli Cohen, James Black, and Süleyman Demirel. Among people deceased in 2009, Kim Dae-jung ranks 5. Before him are Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze, Claude Lévi-Strauss, and Robert McNamara. After him are Roh Moo-hyun, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Aage Bohr, Millvina Dean, Paul Samuelson, Maurice Jarre, and Pina Bausch.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Kim Dae-jung ranks 6 out of 1,128. Before him are Kim Il-sung (1912), Sejong the Great (1397), Park Chung-hee (1917), Syngman Rhee (1875), and Yoon Suk Yeol (1960). After him are Moon Jae-in (1953), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Yi Sun-sin (1545), Ban Ki-moon (1944), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), and Jeongjo of Joseon (1752).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Kim Dae-jung ranks 6. Before him are Kim Il-sung (1912), Sejong the Great (1397), Park Chung-hee (1917), Syngman Rhee (1875), and Yoon Suk Yeol (1960). After him are Moon Jae-in (1953), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), Gojong of Korea (1852), and Park Geun-hye (1952).

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