Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)

Democratic Party
Hangul	민주당
Hanja	民主黨
Revised Romanization	Minjudang
McCune–Reischauer	Minjudang
Millennium Democratic Party
Hangul	새천년민주당
Hanja	새千年民主黨
Revised Romanization	Saecheonnyeon Minjudang
McCune–Reischauer	Saech'ŏnnyŏn Minjudang

Democratic Party

민주당
Democratic Party 민주당
President	Kim Dae-jung (until 2002)
Founded	20 January 2000
Dissolved	27 June 2007
Merger of	National Congress for New Politics and New People Party
Succeeded by	Uri Party and Democratic Party (2007)
Headquarters	25-4, Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
Ideology	Liberalism (South Korea); Conservative liberalism; Reformism; Sunshine Policy; Factions:; Social liberalism
Political position	Centre; Factions:; Centre-left
National affiliation	Alliance of DJP (2000–2001)
Colours	Green, yellow (informally)
	Politics of South Korea; Political parties; Elections;

The Democratic Party was a political party in South Korea. It was originally called the Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) until May 6, 2005, and afterwards was called the Democratic Party until its dissolution on June 27, 2007. After its dissolution its members joined the Uri Party or the successor Democratic Party.

History[]

In 2000, the party officially founded, after it merged of National Congress for New Politics and New People Party led by Lee In-je and a number of conservative minded politicians joined it. In the 2000 Parliamentary election the party came second winning 115 seats.

Roh Moo-hyun was elected as president in 2002, but he subsequently left the party after he inaugurated as president and his supporters formed the Uri Party in 2003.

The MDP lost majority when Roh was impeached in March 2004 by the National Assembly for illegal electioneering and incompetence charges with support from the Grand National Party, losing 53 seats to a total of only 9 seats in the 2004 parliamentary election. Roh Moo-hyun was later re-instated by the Constitutional Court, and served as president until the end of his term.

By June 2007 Much of the party member joined the Uri Party while the New People faction form the new Democratic Party.

Political position[]

The Democratic Party is a political party led by Kim Dae-jung individual charisma and is generally classified as "liberalism" (Korean: 자유주의) or "conservative liberalism" (Korean: 보수자유주의 or 보수적 자유주의).^[1]^[2]^[3] Later in 2017, South Korea's centre-right conservative politician Ha Tae-keung said of Kim Dae-jung, "He devoted his life to democracy and the market economy in Korea", adding, "He is a big adult in the conservative camp".^[4]

South Korean centrist conservative-liberal politician Sohn Hak-kyu said "the (Democratic Party of Korea's) DJ period was a complete 'centrist', but the Roh Moo-hyun government and the Moon Jae-in government were on the 'left-leaning' side". (For your information, "DJ" is an abbreviation for "Dae-jung".)^[5]

Kim Dae-jung and the Democratic Party enacted the 'Domestic Violence Prevention Act' (Korean: 가정폭력금지법) and the 'Anti Male and Female Discrimination Act' (Korean: 남녀차별금지법), and established the 'Ministry of Gender Equality" (Korean: 여성부). Also, Kim Dae-jung himself was a feminist.^[6] On the other hand, he pursued a typical conservative economic agenda and was called a "Neoliberal Revolutionist" (Korean: 신자유주의 혁명가).^[7]

Presidential election primary[]

Candidates[]

This is a list of official pre-registered candidates that declared their 2007 presidential bid.

Name	Occupation	Notes
Cho Sun-hyeong(조순형)	Member for Seongbuk-gu-eul	led the impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun in 2004
Kim Min-seok(김민석)	Former Assembly member	Former Seoul mayoral candidate in 2002 local body election(when Lee Myung Bak was elected that position)
Lee In-je(이인제)	Member for Nonsan, Geumsan and Gyeryung	Presidential candidate of election 1997
Shin Guk-hwan(신국환)	Member for Munkyeong and Yecheon	Former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy of Roh's Administration
Jang Sang(장 상)	Former leader of Democratic party	Former president of Ewha Womans University

Kim Yeong-hwan(김영환), former Assembly member and also former Minister of Science and Technology of the Kim Dae-jung Administration has been declared not to run its presidential primary on August 31, 2007^[8]

Election results[]

Presidential elections[]

Election	Candidate		Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome
2002	Roh Moo-hyun		12,014,277	48.9%	Elected Y

Legislative elections[]

Election	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Status	Election leader
2000	115 / 299	6,780,625	35.9%	36 seats; Plurality	Governing	Kim Dae-jung
2004	9 / 299	1,510,178	7.1%	53 seats; Minority	Opposition

Local elections[]

Election	Metropolitan mayor/Governor	Provincial legislature	Municipal mayor	Municipal legislature
2002	4 / 16	143 / 682	44 / 227
2006	2 / 16	80 / 733	20 / 230	276 / 2,888

References[]

^ 조희연, ed. (1998). 한국의민주주의와사회운동: 비판・실천담론의복원과재구성을위하여. 당대. p. 52. ISBN 9788981630379. ... 90 년대 김대중 정부 는 ' 중도 보수적 자유주의 ' 적 성격 을 지니고 있다는 것이다 . ...
^ 조희연, ed. (2002). 국가 폭력, 민주주의 투쟁, 그리고 희생: 한국 민주주의 와 사회 운동 의 동학, 2. 함께 읽는 책. p. 503. ISBN 9788990369079. ... 김대중 과 국민 회의 의 집권 은 김영삼 세력 에 비해 상대적 으로 진보적 이라 할 수 있는 보수적 자유주의 세력 ...
^ 새천년민주당 [Millennium Democratic Party]. Namuwiki (in Korean). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ "하태경 "DJ, 빨갱이 꼬리표 떼야…보수진영 어른으로 모셔야"" [Ha Tae-keung said, "Let's stop stigmatizing DJ as 'communist' ... We should treat him as an 'adult of the conservative camp'."]. Yonhap News Agency. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ "DJ 때 중도였던 민주당, 노무현·문재인 들어 좌편향 심화" [During the DJ period, the Democratic Party, which was in the middle, became left-leaning after Roh Moo-hyun and Moon Jae-in.]. JoongAng Ilbo. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ "한국 여성 평등史의 첫 장, 김대중이 있었다". Hankook Ilbo. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ "신자유주의 혁명가 김대중의 성공 그리고 한계". 시사IN. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ Kim Yeong-hwan announced not to run Archived 2008-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, Yonhap, Retrieved on August 31, 2007

External links[]

Namuwiki - Democratic Party (2000) (in Korean)
Democratic Party official site

[1] 조희연, ed. (1998). 한국의민주주의와사회운동: 비판・실천담론의복원과재구성을위하여. 당대. p. 52. ISBN 9788981630379. ... 90 년대 김대중 정부 는 ' 중도 보수적 자유주의 ' 적 성격 을 지니고 있다는 것이다 . ...

[2] 조희연, ed. (2002). 국가 폭력, 민주주의 투쟁, 그리고 희생: 한국 민주주의 와 사회 운동 의 동학, 2. 함께 읽는 책. p. 503. ISBN 9788990369079. ... 김대중 과 국민 회의 의 집권 은 김영삼 세력 에 비해 상대적 으로 진보적 이라 할 수 있는 보수적 자유주의 세력 ...

[3] 새천년민주당 [Millennium Democratic Party]. Namuwiki (in Korean). Retrieved 19 December 2021.

[4] "하태경 "DJ, 빨갱이 꼬리표 떼야…보수진영 어른으로 모셔야"" [Ha Tae-keung said, "Let's stop stigmatizing DJ as 'communist' ... We should treat him as an 'adult of the conservative camp'."]. Yonhap News Agency. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[5] "DJ 때 중도였던 민주당, 노무현·문재인 들어 좌편향 심화" [During the DJ period, the Democratic Party, which was in the middle, became left-leaning after Roh Moo-hyun and Moon Jae-in.]. JoongAng Ilbo. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[6] "한국 여성 평등史의 첫 장, 김대중이 있었다". Hankook Ilbo. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2021.

[7] "신자유주의 혁명가 김대중의 성공 그리고 한계". 시사IN. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2021.

[8] Kim Yeong-hwan announced not to run Archived 2008-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, Yonhap, Retrieved on August 31, 2007

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Leaders (acting)	Kim Dae-jung Chang Sang
Presidential candidates Presidents	Roh Moo-hyun (2002)
Preceding parties	Democratic Party / National Congress for New Politics (1995–2000)
Succeeding parties	The People's Party for Freedom / Uri Party (2003-2007) Future Creative Grand Unified Democratic New Party / Grand Unified Democratic New Party (2007-2008)
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