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Roh Tae-woo
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Roh Tae-woo was a South Korean politician and military personnel who served as the President of South Korea. A member of the Democratic Justice Party, he was educated at the Korea Military Academy and held the rank of general. His military service included participation in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He was born in Dalseong, Daegu, in 1932 and died in 2021 from natural causes.
Roh Tae-woo was a candidate in the 1987 South Korean presidential election. He was convicted of political corruption and treason. His notable awards include the Grand Order of Mugunghwa and the Order of the Crown of the Realm. He was associated with the Panama Papers. He spoke Korean and practiced Buddhism. He was married to Kim Ok-sook.
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Film & TV
Dalseong, Daegu, South Korea
Known for
- Emergency Martial Law — Self (archive footage)2025
- The Devil's Deal — Self (archive footage)2023
- The Combat Kings — Self (archive footage)2022
- 존경하고 사랑하는 국민여러분 — Self (archive footage)2022
- Reborn Rich — Self (archival footage)2022
- Roh Moo-hyun and the Fools — Self (archive footage)2019
- Modern Korea — Self (archive footage)2019
- 88/18 — Self (archive footage)2018
- Our President — Self (archive footage)2017
- Non Fiction Diary — Self (archive footage)2014
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- Daegu
- Place of death
- Seoul National University Hospital
- Spouse
- Kim Ok-sook
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Educated at
- Korea Military Academy
- Political party
- Democratic Justice Party
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Conflict
- Korean War
- Military branch
- Republic of Korea Army
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Roh Tae-woo - cropped, 1989-Mar-13.jpg
- Convicted of
- treason
- Significant event
- Panama Papers
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- Commons category
- Roh Tae-woo
- date of birth
- 1932-12-04
- topic's main category
- Category:Roh Tae-woo
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- No T'aeu
- Revised Romanization
- No Tae-u
- candidacy in election
- 1987 South Korean presidential election
- date of death
- 2021-10-26
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- asthma
- name in native language
- 노태우
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Encyclopedic overview
Roh Tae-woo (Korean: 노태우, pronounced [no.tʰɛ.u]; 4 December 1932 – 26 October 2021) was a South Korean army general and politician who served as the sixth president of South Korea from 1988 to 1993. In 1987, he became the first president to be directly elected under the current democratic constitution, which was promulgated after a lengthy period of indirect elections under military governments following the advent of the Yushin Constitution in 1972.
Born in Daegu, Roh attended the Korea Military Academy alongside his close friend Chun Doo-hwan. Rising steadily through the ranks, he saw action in the Vietnam War, and by 1979 he was a major general and commanded the White Horse Division. In that capacity, Roh played a key role in the December 1979 military coup that brought Chun to power, and supported Chun's violent crackdown of the Gwangju Uprising in 1980. Retiring from the army a year later, he held a series of ministerial posts in Chun's government.
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