Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)

2000–2007 political party in South Korea

"Millennium Democratic Party" redirects here. For the party in East Timor, see Millennium Democratic Party (East Timor).

Democratic Party

민주당
民主黨

Abbreviation| MDP
President| Kim Dae-jung (until 2002)
Founded|

* 20 January 2000[a]
* 6 May 2005[b]

Dissolved| 27 June 2007
Merger of| National Congress for New Politics
New People Party
Merged into| Democratic Party (2007)
Headquarters| 25-4, Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul, South Korea
Ideology|

* Liberalism (South Korean)
* Centrist reformism

Political position|

* Centre to centre-left

National affiliation| Alliance of DJP (2000–2001)
Colours|

* Blue green[c]
* Turquoise[d]

* Politics of South Korea
* Political parties
* Elections

Democratic Party

Hangul|

민주당

Hanja|

民主黨

RR| Minjudang
MR| Minjudang
Millennium Democratic Party
Hangul|

새천년민주당

Hanja|

새千年民主黨

RR| Saecheonnyeon minjudang
MR| Saech'ŏnnyŏn minjudang
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Schools

* Centrist reformism
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Principles

* Christianity
* Christian left
* Democratization
* Due process
* Economic freedom
* Economic progressivism
* Environmentalism
* Freedom of the press
* Freedom of religion
* Freedom of speech
* Independence movement
* Korean nationalism
* Pacifism
* Reunification
* Sunshine Policy
* Legal egalitarianism
* Liberal democracy
* Non-citizen suffrage
* Mixed economy
* Republicanism
* Rule of law
* Welfare state

History

* 2016–2017 protests
* April Revolution
* Daegu Democracy Movement
* Gwangju Uprising
* Minjung-Gayo
* June Struggle
* Donghak Peasant Revolution
* Korean independence movement

People

* Ahn Chang Ho
* Chang Chun-ha
* Chang Myon
* Cho Bong-am
* Cho Kuk
* Chough Pyung-ok
* Han Myeong-sook
* Im Jong-seok
* Jang Hye-young
* Philip Jaisohn
* Kim Dae-jung
* Kim Han-gil
* Kim Je-dong
* Kim Jee-woon
* Kim Kyu-sik
* Kim Ou-joon
* Kim Seong-su
* Kim Young-sam
* Ko Min-jung
* Kwon In-sook
* Lee Jae Myung
* Jasmine Bacurnay Lee
* Lee Nak-yon
* Lee Sang-don
* Na Hye-sok
* Ma Kwang-soo
* Moon Jae-in
* Park Ji-hyun
* Park Jie-won
* Park Jong-chul
* Park Won-soon
* Park Yong-jin
* Roh Moo-hyun
* Rhyu Si-min
* Ryu Ho-jeong
* Shin Hae-chul
* Sim Sang-jung
* Song Jin-woo
* Song Kang-ho
* Sin Ik-hui
* Youn Kun-young
* Yun Po-sun

Parties (Democrat)

Active

* Democratic Party of Korea

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Defunct

* Creative Korea Party
* Democratic Alliance of Korea
* Democratic Korea Party
* Democratic Nationalist Party
* Democratic Party
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* New Politics Alliance for Democracy
* Open Democratic Party
* Participation Party
* Party for Democracy and Peace
* Peace Democratic Party
* Platform Party
* Real Democratic Party
* Rebuilding Korea Party
* Reunification Democratic Party
* Uri Party

Parties (Non-Democrat)

Active

* Basic Income Party
* Dawn of Liberty Party
* Justice Party
* Pine Tree Party

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Defunct

* Bareunmirae Party
* New Politics Alliance for Democracy (pro-Ahn)
* New Political Vision Party
* Gaehwa Party (Joseon dynasty)
* Independence Club (Korean Empire era)
* National Independence Federation
* New Korea Party (factions)
* People Party
* 2016
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* Korean Provisional Government (Imperial Japanese occupation)
* Transition Korea

Think tanks

* Democratic Research Institute

Media

* Dong-a Ilbo (historical)
* Hankook Ilbo
* Hankyoreh
* Kyunghyang Shinmun
* OhmyNews
* Tongnip Sinmun (Korean Empire era)

Other organizations

* ASUNARO
* Center for Free Enterprise (libertarian)
* Chingusai
* Federation of Korean Trade Unions
* Korea Democracy Foundation
* New People's Association (Imperial Japanese occupation)
* Minbyun
* Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea
* Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (disputed)

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The Democratic Party (DP; Korean: 민주당; RR: Minjudang) was a political party in South Korea. Formerly named Millennium Democratic Party (Korean: 새천년민주당; Hanja: 새千年民主黨; RR: Saecheonnyeonminjudang; MDP), it was renamed on 6 May 2005. After its dissolution, its members joined the Uri Party or the successor Democratic Party.

## History

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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 joined the Uri Party, while the New People faction merged the party with the Central Reform United New Party to form a new Democratic Party.

## Presidential election primary

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### Candidates

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

Name  | Occupation  | Results  | Notes

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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 (장상)  | 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 31 August 2007[1]

## Election results

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### President

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Election  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | Result

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2002 | Roh Moo-hyun | 12,014,277  | 48.9  | Elected

### Legislature

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Election  | Leader  | Constituency  | Party list  | Seats  | Position  | Status

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Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/-  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/-  | No.  | +/–
2000 | Kim Dae-jung | 6,780,625  | 35.87  |

96 / 227

| new |  |

19 / 46

| new |

115 / 273

| new | 2nd  | Government
2004 | Cho Soon-hyung | 1,698,368  | 7.96  |

5 / 243

|  91  | 1,510,178  | 7.09  |

4 / 56

|  15  |

9 / 299

|  106  | 4th  | Opposition

### Local

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Election  | Metropolitan mayor/Governor | Provincial legislature  | Municipal mayor  | Municipal legislature

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2002 |

4 / 16

143 / 682

44 / 227

2006 |

2 / 16

80 / 733

20 / 230

276 / 2,888

## See also

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* List of political parties in South Korea
* Centrist reformism
* Politics of South Korea
* Elections in South Korea
* Liberalism in South Korea

## Notes

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1. ^ as Millennium Democratic Party
2. ^ as Democratic Party
3. ^ as Democratic Party
4. ^ as Millennium Democratic Party

## References

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1. ^ Kim Yeong-hwan announced not to run Archived 4 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Yonhap, Retrieved on 31 August 2007

## External links

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* Democratic Party official site

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Millennium Democratic Party (2000–2005) / Democratic Party (2005–2007)

Leaders (acting)|

* Kim Dae-jung
* Han Kang-ok
* Han Hwa-gap
* Chyung Dai-chul
* Park Sang-cheon
* Cho Sun-hyeong
* Han Hwa-gap
* Chang Sang
* Park Sang-cheon

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)

Related articles|

* Liberalism in South Korea

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