President of South Korea from 1998 to 2003 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kim Dae-jung[3] (6 January 1924 – 18 August 2009) was a South Korean president. In 2000, he got the Nobel Peace Prize. He is the first person from Korea to get a Nobel prize.[4] A Roman Catholic since 1957, he has been called the "Nelson Mandela" of Asia [5] Kim Dae Jung was the President (succeeding Kim Young-sam) from 1998 to 2003. He was born in Haui-do, South Jeolla Province, an island off the South Korean Coast in 1924.[6]
Kim Dae-jung 김대중 金大中 | |
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Official portrait, 1998 | |
| 8th President of South Korea | |
| In office February 25, 1998 – February 25, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Young-sam |
| Succeeded by | Roh Moo-hyun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1924[1] Haui-do, Sinan, Jeollanam-do, Japanese Korea (now Haui Island, South Korea) |
| Died | 18 August 2009 (aged 85)[2] Seoul, South Korea |
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Kim died on 18 August 2009 at a hospital in Seoul from cardiac arrest caused by multiple organ failure and pneumonia, aged 85.[7]
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