Kim Dae-jung

Kim Dae-jungKim Dae Jung ; Hanja 金大中 (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.Kim Dae-Jung  (Short Asian Week biography) A Roman Catholic since 1957, he has been called the "Nelson Mandela" of Asia Kim Dae-Jung  (Short CNN biography)  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.

Kim died on 18 August 2009 at a hospital in Seoul from cardiac arrest caused by multiple organ failure and pneumonia, aged 85.

Related pages 
 List of Nobel Prize winners by country

References

 Other websites 
 Official Nobel page for Kim 
 Kim Dae-jung Presidential Library
 BBC article on his legacy

Category:1924 births
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Category:Deaths from multiple organ failure
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Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest
Category:Deaths from pneumonia
Category:Nobel Peace Prize winners