Liberal Party (South Korea)

The Liberal Party (Korean: 자유당; Hanja: 自由黨) was a political party in South Korea established in 1951 by Syngman Rhee.

Liberal Party 자유당 自由黨
Leader	Lee Jae-hak
Founder	Syngman Rhee
Founded	17 December 1951
Dissolved	24 January 1970
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Ideology	National conservatism[1] Authoritarianism One-People Principle[2] Anti-communism
Political position	Right-wing to far-right[2][3]
Politics of South Korea Political parties Elections

History

As the 1952 Presidential Elections neared, Rhee made public his intention to organize a party during his August 15 Speech in 1951.[4] Rhee called Yi Bum-seok, then the ambassador in China, and charged him with creating the Liberal Party. Yi used the strong organizational base of "Chosun Youth Nationalist League" as a starting point and incorporated the major five organizations: "Korean Citizens Council", "Korean Federation of Labor", "Peasant Federation", Korean Council of Wives" as temporary sub-organizations under the Liberal Party.

References

1. 《현대 한국정치 이론: 역사 현실 1945 ~ 2011》240p ~ 265p
2. 강준만, ed. (2004). 한국 현대사 산책 1950년대편 2 : 6·25 전쟁에서 4·19 전야까지. 인물과사상사.
3. 서중석 (2020). 사진과 그림으로 보는 한국 현대사 (개정). 웅진지 (Woongjin Books).
4. Joong-Seok Seo, The Korean War and Rise in Power of the Rhee Syngman Regime, History Review《역사비평》, 9 (Summer 1990) p.141