Life Summary
Lee Jae-myung is the 21st President of the Republic of Korea.

He was elected president in the June 3 snap presidential election, which was held following the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk-yeol.

He has set ending the insurrection crisis and overcoming the economic downturn as his top priorities. In particular, he is focusing on diplomacy, trade, and fiscal policy to address the economic crisis.

He was born on December 22, 1964, in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, as the fifth of seven siblings.

After completing middle school and high school through qualification examinations, he graduated from the Department of Law at Chung-Ang University.

He passed the 28th National Bar Examination and worked as a human rights lawyer. He later entered politics while taking part in the movement to establish Seongnam Municipal Medical Center.

He joined the Uri Party, now the Democratic Party of Korea, and ran for mayor of Seongnam but was defeated. He later served as senior deputy chief of staff to then-presidential candidate Chung Dong-young, and was nominated to run in Seongnam Bundang A in the general election, but again lost.

He ran again in the 5th nationwide local elections and was elected mayor of Seongnam.

In the 7th nationwide local elections, he ran as the Democratic Party of Korea’s candidate for governor of Gyeonggi Province and won.

In the 2022 Democratic Party of Korea presidential primary, he defeated former party leader Lee Nak-yon to become the party’s candidate, but lost to People Power Party candidate Yoon Suk-yeol in the presidential election.

He won a by-election for the National Assembly seat in Incheon Gyeyang B and was elected party leader.

After winning re-election in the April 2024 general election, he was reappointed as leader of the Democratic Party of Korea.

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