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President of South Korea from 1998 to 2003

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.The baptismal name is Thomas.

"Kim Dae-joong" redirects here.

For the South Korean footballer, see Kim Dae-joong (footballer).

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.

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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. He ran unsuccessfully in presidential elections in 1971, 1987, and 1992.

In the country's 15th presidential election in 1997, he defeated Grand National Party candidate Lee Hoi-chang through an alliance with Kim Jong-pil and DJP. Kim was the firs