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Roh Tae-woo (Korean: 노태우; Hanja: 盧泰愚; Korean pronunciation: [no.tʰɛ̝.u]; 4 December 1932 – 26 October 2021) was a South Korean politician and army general who served as the 6th (13th election) president of South Korea from 1988 to 1993. He was the first democratically elected president of South Korea.
Jun 26, 2024 · Roh Tae-Woo, Korean military officer and politician who, as president of South Korea (1988–93), instituted democratic reforms. He later was involved in a corruption scandal involving secret political donations.
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Oct 26, 2021 · SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, a major player in a 1979 coup who later became president in a landmark democratic election before ending his tumultuous political career in prison, died in hospital on Tuesday in the capital of Seoul.
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Oct 26, 2021 · Roh Tae-woo, a South Korean army general who participated in a 1979 military coup and who later became president in a landmark democratic election before ending his tumultuous...
Oct 26, 2021 · SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- Roh Tae-woo, South Korea's last general-turned-president who played a key role in a 1979 coup before winning election through a direct vote at the start of South Korea's democratization, died Tuesday, aides said.
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Roh Tae-woo, a former South Korean general who became the country’s first democratically elected president after being forced by massive street protests to hold open polls, has died. He was 88.
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Oct 26, 2021 · SEOUL – Roh Tae-woo, a general who would go on to become Korea’s first democratically elected president after decades of authoritarian rule, died Tuesday aged 88. Roh died in a Seoul hospital after a long illness and a virtually non-existent public profile for well over a decade.
