List of presidents of South Korea

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The president of the Republic of Korea serves as the chief executive of the government of the Republic of Korea and the commander-in-chief of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.

The South Korean government constitutionally considers the Korean Provisional Government (KPG) to be its predecessor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The KPG was established in 1919 as a government in exile in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation of Korea. It had nine different heads of state between September 1919 and August 1948.

Under the 1988 Constitution of the Sixth Republic of Korea, the presidential term is set at five years with no re-election. The president must be a South Korean citizen, at least 40 years old, who has lived in South Korea for 5 years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The term was previously set at four years during the First Republic from 1948 to 1960, including a two-term limit that was repealed in 1954. The presidency was changed into a ceremonial role elected by legislators to five-year terms during the Second Republic from 1960 to 1963. The Third Republic returned the presidency to a directly-elected position with a four-year term in 1963 and repealed the two-term limit in 1969. Under the Yushin Constitution of the Fourth Republic adopted in 1972, the presidency became an indirectly elected position with six-year terms and no limits to re-election. It was replaced with a seven-year term under the Fifth Republic in 1981, which retained the indirect elections but prohibited a second term.<ref name="Yap2019">Template:Cite book</ref>

Template:As of, fourteen people have served in full capacity as president of South Korea<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> since the office was formally established on 24 July 1948, when Rhee Syng-man took office after being elected by the Constituent National Assembly.<ref name="Yap2019"/> The longest-serving president is Park Chung Hee, who held the office for nearly 16 years from 1963 until his assassination in 1979 following a period of authoritarian rule.<ref name="Yap2019"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The first and only woman to hold the presidency was his daughter Park Geun-hye, who was elected in 2012 and removed from office in 2017 after her impeachment was upheld by the Constitutional Court of Korea.<ref name="Yap2019"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Lee Jae Myung assumed office on 4 June 2025 following the impeachment of his elected predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol, by the National Assembly on 14 December 2024 after his martial law declaration. His powers were suspended until his impeachment was upheld by the Constitutional Court on 4 April 2025, which formally ended Yoon's presidency. Lee was elected in the 2025 presidential election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Presidents

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Template:Abbr Portrait Name
Template:Small 		Term Duration Party Election
1 Rhee Syng-man
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Template:DtsTemplate:Efn 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | National Association
Template:Small 		1948
rowspan="3" style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Liberal
Template:Small 		1952
1956
Mar. 1960
Template:Abbr Ho Chong
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent Acting
Template:Abbr Error creating thumbnail: Kwak Sang-hoon
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Democratic Acting
Template:Abbr Ho Chong
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent Acting
Template:Abbr File:백낙준 의원.jpg Baek Nak-jun
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Template:Small 		Template:Dts
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent Acting
2 File:Yun Po-sun (3x4 cropped).jpg Yun Po-sun
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Template:DtsTemplate:Efn 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Democratic Aug. 1960
Template:Abbr File:Park Chung Hee (박정희) Presidential Portrait (3x4).jpg Park Chung HeeTemplate:Efn
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Template:Small 		Template:Dts
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Military
Template:Small 		Coup
3 Template:Dts
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Template:DtsTemplate:Efn 		Template:Ayd rowspan="5" style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Democratic Republican
Template:Small 		1963
1967
1971
1972
1978
Template:Abbr File:Choi Kyu-hah (cropped).jpg Choi Kyu-hahTemplate:Efn
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent Acting
4 Template:Dts
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Template:DtsTemplate:Efn 		Template:Ayd 1979
Template:Abbr Park Choong-hoon
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Democratic Republican Acting
5 File:Chun Doo-hwan (전두환) Presidential Portrait (3x4).jpg Chun Doo-hwanTemplate:Efn
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Template:Small 		Template:Dts
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Military
Template:Small 		1980
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Democratic Justice
Template:Small 		1981
6 File:Roh Tae-woo March 1989 (3x4).jpg Roh Tae-wooTemplate:Efn
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Template:Dts 		Template:Age in years years style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Democratic Justice
Template:Small 		1987
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Democratic Liberal
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style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent
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7 File:Kim Young-sam presidential portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg Kim Young-sam
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Template:Dts 		Template:Age in years years style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Democratic Liberal
Template:Small 		1992
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | New Korea
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style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent
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8 File:Kim Dae-jung presidential portrait (3x4).jpg Kim Dae-jung
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Template:Dts 		Template:Age in years years style="background-color:Template:Party color" | National Congress
Template:Small 		1997
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Millenium Democratic
Template:Small
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent
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9 File:Roh Moo-hyun presidential portrait (election infobox).jpg Roh Moo-hyunTemplate:Efn
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Template:Dts 		5 years style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Millenium Democratic
Template:Small 		2002
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Uri
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style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent
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Template:Abbr File:Goh Kun 2003-11-08.jpg Goh KunTemplate:Efn
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Millenium Democratic Acting
10 File:Lee Myung-bak presidential portrait (cropped).jpg Lee Myung-bak
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Template:Small 		Template:Dts
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Template:Dts 		5 years style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Grand National
Template:Small 		2007
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Saenuri
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11 File:Park Geun-hye presidential portrait (cropped).png Park Geun-hye
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Template:Small 		Template:Dts
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Template:DtsTemplate:Efn 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Saenuri
Template:Small 		2012
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Liberty Korea
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Template:Abbr File:President Hwang Kyo Ahn.jpg Hwang Kyo-ahnTemplate:Efn
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent Acting
12 File:President Moon Jae-in (cropped).png Moon Jae-in
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Template:Dts 		5 years style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Democratic 2017
13 File:South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol portrait.jpg Yoon Suk Yeol
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Template:Small 		Template:Dts
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Template:DtsTemplate:Efn 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | People Power 2022
Template:Abbr File:President Han Duck-soo.jpg Han Duck-sooTemplate:Efn
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Template:Small 		Template:Dts
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent Acting
Template:Abbr File:President Choi Sang-mok.jpg Choi Sang-mokTemplate:Efn
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Template:Small 		Template:Dts
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent Acting
Template:Abbr File:President Han Duck-soo.jpg Han Duck-sooTemplate:Efn
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Template:Small 		Template:Dts
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent Acting
Template:Abbr File:President Lee Ju-ho.jpg Lee Ju-hoTemplate:Efn
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Template:Small 		Template:Dts
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Template:Dts 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent Acting
14 File:Lee Jae-myung 20250823.jpg Lee Jae Myung
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Incumbent 		Template:Ayd style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Democratic 2025

Timeline

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 from: 27/04/1960 till: 15/06/1960 color:Independent
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 from: 25/02/1981 till: 25/02/1988 color:DemJustice  text:"Chun Doo-hwan" 
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 from: 14/12/2024 till: 27/12/2024 color:Independent
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 from: 02/05/2025 till: 04/06/2025 color:Independent text:"Lee Ju-ho (acting)"
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Ideology # Time in office Name(s)
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Choi Kyu-hah, Chun Doo-hwan, Kim Young-sam, Lee Myung-bak, Park Chung Hee, Park Geun-hye, Roh Tae-woo, Rhee Syng-man, and Yoon Suk Yeol
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Kim Dae-jung, Moon Jae-in, Roh Moo-hyun, Yun Po-sun, and Lee Jae Myung

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See also

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Notes

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References

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