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Kim Dae-jung

1924 - 2009

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Kim Dae-jung (Korean: 김대중; Hanja: 金大中, pronounced [kim.dɛ.dʑuŋ]; 6 January 1924 – 18 August 2009) was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the eighth president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003. Kim entered politics as a member of the new wing of the Democratic Party. He was an opposition politician who carried out a democratization movement against the military dictatorship from the Third Republic in the 1960s to the Fifth Republic in the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Dae-jung has received more than 1,854,987 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Kim Dae-jung is the 569th most popular politician (down from 565th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 6th in 2019) and the 5th most popular South Korean Politician.

Kim Dae-jung is most famous for being the president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kim Dae-jung ranks 569 out of 19,576. Before him are Mobutu Sese Seko, Ahmose I, Eduard Shevardnadze, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Oscar II of Sweden, and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. After him are Lech Kaczyński, George II of Great Britain, Sneferu, Chaim Weizmann, Xanthippe, and Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Kim Dae-jung ranks 7. Before him are Jimmy Carter, Marlon Brando, George H. W. Bush, Charles Aznavour, Marcello Mastroianni, and Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. After him are Robert Mugabe, Eli Cohen, Süleyman Demirel, Sarah Vaughan, Jean-François Lyotard, and Ezer Weizman. Among people deceased in 2009, Kim Dae-jung ranks 4. Before him are Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze, and Claude Lévi-Strauss. After him are Millvina Dean, Corazon Aquino, Paul Samuelson, Roh Moo-hyun, Aage Bohr, Omar Bongo, Pina Bausch, and Maurice Jarre.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Kim Dae-jung ranks 5 out of 1,128. Before him are Kim Il-sung (1912), Sejong the Great (1397), Park Chung-hee (1917), and Syngman Rhee (1875). After him are Gojong of Korea (1852), Moon Jae-in (1953), Yi Sun-sin (1545), Ban Ki-moon (1944), Empress Gi (1315), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), and Jeongjo of Joseon (1752).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Kim Dae-jung ranks 5. Before him are Kim Il-sung (1912), Sejong the Great (1397), Park Chung-hee (1917), and Syngman Rhee (1875). After him are Gojong of Korea (1852), Moon Jae-in (1953), Empress Gi (1315), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), Park Geun-hye (1952), and Yeongjo of Joseon (1694).

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