Minju Party (South Korea, 2013)

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민주당
Minju-dang
Democratic Party
United Democratic Party Logo 2013.svg
Party leader Kim Han-gil ( 김한길 )
Emergence by renaming from the
Minju-tonghap-dang ( 민주 통합 당 )
founding December 16, 2011
Place of foundation Seoul ( 서울시 )
resolution March 26, 2014
Headquarters Yeongdeungpo-gu ( 영등포구 ),
Seoul ( 서울시 )
Alignment left-liberal
Colours) blue
Parliament seats 127 of 300 ( Gukhoe , 2012 )
Korean spelling
Korean alphabet : 민주당
Hanja : 民主黨
Revised Romanization : Minju-dang
McCune-Reischauer : Minchu-tang

The Minju Party ( Korean : 민주당 , transliteration : Minju-dang , in German : Democratic Party ) was a center-left party in South Korea that was renamed the Minju-tonghap Party ( 민주 통합 당 , Minju -tonghap-dang, Democratic United Party) and existed until March 2014.

history

The Minju-tonghap-dang became known in English as the Citizen Integration Party on January 15, 2012 through the merger of the Minju Party ( 민주당 , Minju-dang, Democratic Party) founded in 2008 , and with the participation of the Korean Trade Union Confederation ( 한국 노동 조합 총연맹 Hanguk-nodong-johap-chongyeonmaeng) established.

The party was founded against the backdrop of the approaching parliamentary election in April 2012, in which the center-left tried to replace the conservative Saenuri Party ( 새누리 당 , Sae-nuri-dang, New World Party) from the government. At the founding convention of the party on January 15, 2012, Han Myung-sook ( 한명숙 ) was elected party chairman. Han was the country's first and so far only female prime minister from April 20, 2006 to March 7, 207. The party colors were yellow and green, with yellow dominating the 2012 election campaign. After her party's defeat in the parliamentary elections in South Korea in 2012 , she announced that she was stepping down from her position as party leader.

At the party conference on May 4, 2013, which was attended by around 17,000 members, the party renamed itself Minju-dang (Democratic Party) and changed its party color to blue. On the same day, Kim Han-gil ( 김한길 ) was elected as the new party leader. On May 15, 2013 Jun Byung-hun ( 천병헌 ) was elected leader of the Minju party in the South Korean parliament ( Gukhoe ). A year later, on March 2, 2014, Kim Han-gil and Ahn Cheol-soo ( 안철수 ) agreed to found a new party before the regional elections in June 2014.

On March 26, 2014, the Minju Party was dissolved and the Sae-jeongchi-minju-yeonhap ( 새 정치 민주 연합 , New Political Alliance for Democracy) was founded, which Ahn and Kim had jointly chaired. The Deobureo-minju party , ( 더불어 민주당 , Deobureo-minju-dang, directly translated: Together Democratic Party), or in short Deo-minju ( 더 Mehr, more democracy), emerged from it through renaming .

See also

Individual evidence

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  4. ↑ Bae Hyun-jung: Former PM Han takes DUP helmet . The Korea Herald , January 15, 2012, accessed May 10, 2016 .
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  6. ↑ Korea's main opposition party changes name and elects new leader . Arirang , May 4, 2013, accessed May 10, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Chung Min-uck: Politicians following in their parents' footsteps . The Korea Times , December 16, 2011, accessed May 10, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Chung Min-uck: ( 3rd LD) Kim Han-gil et Ahn Cheol-soo d'accord pour créer un nouveau parti politique . Yonhap News , March 2, 2014, accessed May 10, 2016 (French).