Moon Jae-in

Moon Jae-in (Korean pronunciation: [mun.dʑɛ̝.in]; born 24 January 1953) is a South Korean politician. He was the 12th President of South Korea from 10 May 2017 until 9 May 2022. He won the majority vote in the 2017 presidential election.^[1]

His Excellency Moon Jae-in
문재인
Moon Jae-in in 2019
12th President of South Korea
In office 10 May 2017 – 9 May 2022
Prime Minister	Hwang Kyo-ahn Yoo Il-ho (Acting) Lee Nak-yeon Chung Sye-kyun Hong Nam-ki (Acting) Kim Boo-kyum
Preceded by	Park Geun-hye Hwang Kyo-ahn ((Acting)
Succeeded by	Yoon Suk-yeol
Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea
In office 9 February 2015 – 27 January 2016
Preceded by	Ahn Cheol-soo, Kim Han-gil
Succeeded by	Kim Chong-in
Member of the National Assembly
In office 30 May 2012 – 29 May 2016
Preceded by	Chang Je-won
Succeeded by	Chang Je-won
Constituency	Busan Sasang
Personal details
Born	(1953-01-24) 24 January 1953 (age 72) Geoje, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Political party	Democratic Party of Korea
Spouse(s)	Kim Jung-sook (m. 1981)
Children	2
Alma mater	Kyung Hee University (LL.B.)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	South Korea
Branch/service	Republic of Korea Army
Years of service	1975-1978
Rank	Byeongjang (Sergeant)

Korean name
Hangul	문재인
Hanja	文在寅
Revised Romanization	Mun Jaein
McCune–Reischauer	Mun Chaein

Moon was the opposition leader of the Minjoo Party of Korea from 2015 to 2016. He was a member of the 19th National Assembly. He was the Democratic United Party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election after winning a majority in the party primaries. However, lost the election to Park Geun-hye.

He was formerly a lawyer and chief of staff to late President Roh Moo-hyun prior to getting into politics.

In April 2018, Moon and Kim Jong-un formerly attended the inter-Korean summit of 2018. They both agreed to formally end the Korean War before 2019.^[2][3]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, Moon became well known for his handling of the virus and had positive support over it.^[4] It helped his party win a historic victory in the 2020 legislative election.^[5]