Democratic Party of Korea (South Korea, 2015)
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Democratic Party
더불어민주당 |
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| President of South Korea | Moon Jae-in |
| Leader | Choo Mi-ae |
| Floor leader | Woo Won-shik |
| Founded | 26 March 2014 28 December 2015 (The Minjoo Party of Korea) |
| Merger of | Democratic Party |
| Preceded by |
Democratic Party New Politics Alliance |
| Headquarters | 7, Gukhoe-daero 68-gil, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul |
| Ideology |
Liberalism (As NPAD) Social liberalism People-centered development |
| Political position |
Centre to Centre-left(As NPAD) Centre-left (Now) |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Blue |
| Seats in the National Assembly |
120 / 300
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| Municipal mayor and Gubernatorial |
9 / 17
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| Seats within local government |
1,581 / 3,913
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| Website | |
| theminjoo |
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| Democratic Party of Korea | |
| Hangul | 더불어민주당 |
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| Hanja | 더불어民主黨 |
| Revised Romanization | Deobureominjudang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Tŏburŏminjudang |
| The Minjoo | |
| Hangul | 더민주 |
| Hanja | 더民主 |
| Revised Romanization | Deominju |
| McCune–Reischauer | Tŏminju |
| Democratic Party | |
| Hangul | 민주당 |
| Hanja | 民主黨 |
| Revised Romanization | Minjudang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Minjudang |
The Democratic Party, also known as The Minjoo Party of Korea (Hangul: 더불어민주당; Hanja: 더불어民主黨; RR: Deobureominjudang; lit. Together Democratic Party; short form 민주, 더민주 "Minjoo", "Deominjoo"), formerly the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD), is a social liberal political party in South Korea.
The party was founded on 26 March 2014 as a merger of the Democratic Party and the preparatory committee of the New Political Vision Party (NPVP). The former Democratic Party was legally absorbed into the NPAD after the latter's creation, while the preparatory committee of the NPVP was dissolved, with members who supported the merger joining the NPAD individually.
The Democratic Party was formed as the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (새정치민주연합; Saejeongchi Minju Yeonhap) on 26 March 2014 after the independent faction led by Ahn Cheol-soo, then in the process of forming a party called the New Political Vision Party, merged with the main opposition Democratic Party, led by Kim Han-gil. Ahn and Kim became joint leaders of the new party. The party performed poorly in by-elections that July, however, and both leaders stepped down, having served for three months. Leadership of the party was assumed by an emergency committee.
The next year, at a party convention on February 7, Moon Jae-in was elected the new chairman of the party. Moon, who had previously served as chief of staff for former president Roh Moo-hyun, was the leader of the party's "pro-Roh" faction, which was opposed to Ahn and Kim. Moon came under fire for imposing a "pro-Roh hegemony" in the party, as Ahn and Kim were jeered and harassed at a memorial service for Roh held in May 2015.
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