Grand National Party
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Liberty Korea Party
자유한국당 Jayuhangukdang |
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| Spokesperson | Kim Young Woo Kwon Eun Hee Park Dae Chul |
| Interim leader | In Myung-jin |
| President of South Korea | Park Geun-hye (suspended) |
| Floor leader | Jung Woo-taek |
| Founded | November 21, 1997 (Grand National Party) February 2, 2012 (Saenuri Party) February 13, 2017 (Liberty Korea Party) |
| Merger of |
New Korea Party Democratic Party (1995) |
| Headquarters | 18, Gukhoe-daero 70-gil Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 149-871 |
| Membership (2014) | 2,708,085 |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Neoliberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right to Right-wing |
| Regional affiliation | Asia Pacific Democrat Union |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
| Colours | Red |
| Seats in the National Assembly |
94 / 300
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| Municipal mayor and Gubernatorial |
6 / 17
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| Seats within local government |
1,944 / 3,913
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| Website | |
| www.libertykoreaparty.kr | |
| Liberty Korea Party | |
| Hangul | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jayuhan-gukdang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chayuhan'gukdang |
| Saenuri Party | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | 새누리 |
| Revised Romanization | Saenuridang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Saenuridang |
| Grand National Party | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | 한나라 |
| Revised Romanization | Hannaradang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hannaradang |
The Liberty Korea Party is a centre-rightpolitical party in South Korea. Until February 2017, it was known as the Saenuri Party (새누리당). The party formerly held a plurality of seats in the 20th Assembly before its ruling status was transferred to the Democratic Party of Korea on 27 December 2016. It has also had its candidates from 2007 and 2012 become President.
The party was founded in 1997 as a merger of United Democratic Party and New Korea Party. Its earliest ancestor was the Democratic Republican Party under the authoritarian rule of Park Chung-hee in 1963. Upon Park's death and at the beginning of the rule of Chun Doo-hwan in 1980, it was reconstituted and renamed as the Democratic Justice Party. In 1988, party member Roh Tae-woo introduced a wide range of political reforms including direct Presidential elections and a new constitution. The party was renamed in 1993, during the presidency of Kim Young-sam, with the merger of other parties to form the Democratic Liberal Party (Minju Jayudang). It was renamed as the New Korea Party (Sinhangukdang) in 1995, and it then became the Grand National Party in November 1997 following its merger with the smaller United Democratic Party (1996) and various conservative parties.
Three months later, with the election of Kim Dae-jung of the Centrist Reformists Democratic Party as president, the party's governing role came to an end, beginning its first ever period in opposition, which would last ten years. In October 2012, the Advancement Unification Party merged with the Saenuri Party.
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