List of presidents of South Korea

This is a list of the presidents of South Korea.

Since the creation of the Government of the Republic of Korea which is commonly known as South Korea in 1948, twelve people have served nineteen terms as President of South Korea. The president is the country's head of state as well as its head of government. The president is also the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.

 List of presidents 
 Political parties Status

  Portrait Name Term of office Political party Election Took office Left office Time in office President under the United States Army Military Government in Korea 1 100px Syngman Rhee 24 July 1948 15 August 1948  NARRKI 1st (1948) Presidents of the First Republic (1) 100px Syngman Rhee 15 August 1948 26 April 1960  NARRKILiberal 2nd (1952)3rd (1956)March 1960 — 100px Ho Chong 27 April 1960 15 June 1960  Independent — Presidents of the Second Republic — 100px Ho Chong 15 June 1960 15 June 1960  Independent — — 100px Kwak Sang-hoon 16 June 1960 23 June 1960  Democratic — — 100px Ho Chong 23 June 1960 7 August 1960  Independent — — 100px Baek Nak-jun 8 August 1960 12 August 1960  — 2 100px Yun Po-sun 13 August 1960 16 May 1961  Democratic 4th (August 1960) Presidents under the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction (SCNR) (2) 100px Yun Po-sun 16 May 1961 24 March 1962  DemocraticNew Democratic — — 100px Park Chung Hee 24 March 1962 17 December 1963  MilitaryDemocratic Republican — President of the Third Republic 3 100px Park Chung Hee 17 December 1963 21 November 1972  Democratic Republican 5th (1963)6th (1967)7th (1971) Presidents of the Fourth Republic (3) 100px Park Chung Hee 21 November 1972 26 October 1979  Democratic Republican 8th (1972)9th (1978) — 100px Choi Kyu-hah 26 October 1979 6 December 1979  Independent — 4 6 December 1979 16 August 1980  10th (1979) — Park Choong-hoon 16 August 1980 1 September 1980  Democratic Republican — 5 100px Chun Doo-hwan 1 September 1980 24 February 1981  MilitaryDemocratic Justice 11th (1980) President of the Fifth Republic (5) 100px Chun Doo-hwan 25 February 1981 24 February 1988  years Democratic Justice 12th (1981) Presidents of the Sixth Republic 6 100px Roh Tae-woo 25 February 1988 24 February 1993  years Democratic JusticeDemocratic LiberalIndependent 13th (1987) 7 100px Kim Young-sam 25 February 1993 24 February 1998  years Democratic LiberalNew KoreaIndependent 14th (1992) 8 100px Kim Dae-jung 25 February 1998 24 February 2003  years National CongressMillennium DemocraticIndependent 15th (1997) 9 100px Roh Moo-hyun 25 February 2003 12 March 2004  Millennium DemocraticIndependent 16th (2002) — 100px Goh Kun 12 March 2004 14 May 2004  Millennium Democratic — (9) 100px Roh Moo-hyun 14 May 2004 24 February 2008  UriIndependent — 10 100px Lee Myung-bak 25 February 2008 24 February 2013  years Grand NationalSaenuri 17th (2007) 11 100px Park Geun-hye 25 February 2013 10 March 2017  SaenuriLiberty Korea 18th (2012) — 100px Hwang Kyo-ahn 9 December 2016 9 May 2017  Independent — 12 100px Moon Jae-in 10 May 2017 9 May 2022  years Democratic 19th (2017) 13 100px Yoon Suk Yeol 10 May 2022 4 April 2025  People Power 20th (2022) — 100px Han Duck-soo 14 December 2024 27 December 2024  Independent — — 100px Choi Sang-mok 27 December 2024 24 March 2025  Independent — — 100px Han Duck-soo 24 March 2025 1 May 2025  Independent — — 100px Lee Ju-ho 2 May 2025 4 June 2025  Independent — 14 100px Lee Jae-myung 4 June 2025 Incumbent  years Democratic 21st (2025)

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