United Liberal Democrats
The United Liberal Democrats (Korean: 자유민주연합) was a right-wing[1][2] conservative[3] political party in South Korea, whose support mostly came from the North Chungcheong and South Chungcheong regions. The short Korean name is Jamin-ryeon (Korean: 자민련; ULD).
United Liberal Democrats 자유민주연합 | |
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| Founded | March 30, 1995 |
| Dissolved | April 7, 2006 |
| Merged into | People First Party Hannara Party |
| Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
| Ideology | Regionalism Conservatism Social conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colors | Green |
| United Liberal Democrats | |
| Hangul | 자유민주연합 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 自由民主聯合 |
| Revised Romanization | Jayu Minju Yeonhap |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chayu Minju Yŏnhap |
The Party was in a government coalition with Kim Dae-jung's Democratic Party from 1998 to 2001.
In the 2004 parliamentary election, it gained only 4 seats in the National Assembly, and its president Kim Jong-pil announced his retirement from politics after his bid for the 10th term in the National Assembly failed. Subsequently, most lawmakers from the party chose to defect from the party to form a new party, People First Party. Kim Hak-won, the only remaining lawmaker of the party who was also the president of the party then, announced the merger of the party with the main opposition Grand National Party on February 20, 2006.
See also
- Politics of South Korea
- List of political parties in South Korea
- List of Korea-related topics
References
- Bluth, Christoph (2008), Korea, Polity, p. 104
- Helgesen, Geir (2002), "Imported democracy: The South Korean experience", Globalization and Democratization in Asia, Routledge, p. 90
- Bluth, Christoph (2011), Crisis on the Korean Peninsula, Potomac Books, p. 89
External links
- United Liberal Democrats official site (in English)