Roh Moo-hyun

16th President of the Republic of Korea (1946-2009) · South Korea · Politicians · Died at 62

Roh Moo-hyun is read about 999 times a day, in 78 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 23 October 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 398 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?

Compare

South Korea's ninth president came from human rights law, rode a wave of young internet voters into office in 2003, presided over the freest press and strongest currency his country had seen in years - then left office deeply unpopular, returned to a duck farm, and jumped from a cliff fourteen months later when bribery prosecutors came knocking.

Politicians Politician Politics Law 20th Century

A life in dates

2009Died23 May 20092007“I have believed for a long time that North Korea was willing to give up nuclear weapons, and there is no change in my belief.”In their words10 December 2007CNN, 10 December 2007Read the whole statement

“In Korea, to step down from the presidency is to step down from politics. But I thought about what it means to step down. I hope that means a free man.”In their words10 December 2007CNN, 10 December 2007Read the whole statement

Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil MeritAwardKnight of the Order of the ElephantAward2004Order of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic)Award2003“It is unpredictable what course of action North Korea will take in the coming days, but no government has a policy that can never be changed. They can never be unchanged.”In their words15 May 2003PBS, 15 May 2003Read the whole statement

“Fellow citizens. Historically, we Koreans have lived through a series of challenges and have responded to them.”In their words25 February 2003Excerpts from inaugural address (25 February 2003)Read the whole statement

“The Korean Peninsula is located at the heart of the region. It is a big bridge linking China and Japan, the continent and the ocean.”In their words25 February 2003Excerpts from inaugural address (25 February 2003)Read the whole statement

“We must build strength and maintain vision. That requires inexorable efforts for reform and integration.”In their words25 February 2003Excerpts from inaugural address (25 February 2003)Read the whole statement

1946Born1 September 1946

Also in Deutsch

Photos 8

Roh Moo-hyun presidential portrait

2000년대 초반 서울소방 소방공무원(소방관) 활동 사진 74 노무현

20030311서울소방재난본부 소방청 관련 간담회32

A Police Bus

A Service for Roh Moo-hyun

Bongha Vil01

Election posters of 1996 South Korean legislative election in Jongno District

Funeral in korea

In their own words 10

Roh Moo-hyun

10 statements, newest first

I have believed for a long time that North Korea was willing to give up nuclear weapons, and there is no change in my belief.
Dec 10, 2007, CNN, 10 December 2007, Own words
Korea-U.S. relations were important in the past and will be important in the future. We have had dark moments in our relationship and times when we needed very close cooperation.
Dec 10, 2007, CNN, 10 December 2007, Own words
In Korea, to step down from the presidency is to step down from politics. But I thought about what it means to step down. I hope that means a free man.
Dec 10, 2007, CNN, 10 December 2007, Own words

Wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0

Awards

Knight of the Order of the Elephant2007

Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit2007

Order of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic)2004

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Grand Order of Mugunghwa

National Order of Merit

Order of Independence

Order of the Bath

Order of Civil Merit

Family

Father Roh Pan-seok

Roh Moo-hyun

Partners

Spouse Kwon Yang-sook

Children

Sibling Noh Geon-pyeong

Is this everyone?

Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.

Correct this family

About this person

Roh Moo-hyun was born 1 September 1946, the first South Korean president born after Japanese rule ended. He built a career defending student activists, then ran on a platform to end regionalism in politics, winning the presidency in 2003 with heavy support from young internet users and the so-called 386 Generation - thirties-something former protest veterans born in the sixties. His tenure saw South Korea crack the world's top ten economies, exceed $20,000 per capita for the first time, and earn the highest press freedom marks from Reporters Without Borders. But plans to move the capital and form coalitions stalled under conservative opposition, and he left office with the worst average approval rating in the country's history. He went home to Bongha Maeul, farmed ducks, blogged his ordinary life, and launched a site called Democracy 2.0. On 23 May 2009, facing a bribery probe, he left a note saying too many were suffering because of him and jumped from the mountain behind his house. Four million people came to his village that week, and a decade later he polled as the most popular president South Korea has ever had.

Country

South Korea

Politicians from South Korea 6

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.