Kim Dae-jung
(1925-2009)
President of South Korea from 1998 to 2003
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Kim Dae-jung (Korean: 김대중; Hanja: 金大中; 6 January 1924 – 18 August 2009), was a South Korean politician and statesman who served as President of South Korea from 1998 to 2003. He was a 2000 Nobel Peace Prize recipient for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea and Japan. He is also the only Korean to have won the Nobel Prize to date. He was sometimes referred to as "the Nelson Mandela of Asia". Kim was the first opposition candidate to win the presidency.
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3 December 1925 Haui-do, South Jeolla, South Korea
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18 August 2009 (aged 83) Seoul, South Korea
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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