Kim Young-sam

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Kim Young-sam
Kim Young-sam (1996)

Korean spelling
Hangeul 김영삼
Hanja 金泳三
Revised
Romanization 		Gim Yeong-sam
McCune-
Reischauer 		Kim Yŏngsam

Kim Young-sam (born December 20, 1927 in Geoje , Korea , † November 22, 2015 in Seoul , South Korea ) was President of South Korea from February 25, 1993 to February 25, 1998 . After 32 years the country had a civilian head of state again.

Life

Kim graduated from Seoul National University in 1952 and was first elected to the South Korean National Assembly in 1954. During the 1970s and 1980s he was a leading opposition politician along with Kim Dae-jung . When the first democratic parliamentary elections took place in 1987 after the resignation of ex-general Chun Doo-hwan , Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung ran against each other and thus enabled ex-general Roh Tae-woo - the candidate supported by Chun Doo-hwan - the election victory. In 1990, Kim and Roh's parties merged to form a conservative ruling party. As a result, Kim Young-sam won the presidential election on December 18, 1992 against Kim Dae-jung. He then eliminated the influence of the military on politics by 1998, in particular by bringing Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo to justice for their role in the 1979 military coup. The ban on anonymous bank accounts ripped the soil out of corruption . Although Kim tried to reform the Jaebeol (family-controlled industrial conglomerates), his name is mainly associated with the Asian crisis , the South Korean version of which began in 1997 with the collapse of Kia Motors .

Kim's tenure was marred by several major disasters, such as the collapse of Seongsu Bridge in Seoul, the sinking of a ship and the accident of flight 801 of Korean Air .

Kim died on 22 November 2015 at the age of 87 years in the Seoul National University Hospital at a sepsis .

Web links

Commons : Kim Young-sam  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ South Korea's ex-President Kim Young Sam died at the age of 87 in derstandard.at on November 21, 2015, accessed on November 21, 2015
  2. ^ Obituary by Kim Young Sam , Der Spiegel 49 (2015), p. 155.
predecessor Office successor
Raw Tae-woo South Korean President
1993–1998 		Kim Dae-jung
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Young-sam is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kim, Young-sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 김영삼 (Korean, Hangeul); 金泳三 (Korean, Hanja); Gim, Yeong-sam (Revised Romanization); Kim, Yŏngsam (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Geoje , Korea
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 2015
Place of death Seoul , South Korea