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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_de_Corea_d%27o_Sud" title="President de Corea d'o Sud – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="President de Corea d'o Sud" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%8F" title="Прэзідэнт Рэспублікі Карэя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Прэзідэнт Рэспублікі Карэя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%AE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%8F" title="Президент на Южна Корея – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Президент на Южна Корея" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predsjednik_Ju%C5%BEne_Koreje" title="Predsjednik Južne Koreje – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Predsjednik Južne Koreje" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_de_Corea_del_Sud" title="President de Corea del Sud – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="President de Corea del Sud" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prezident_Ji%C5%BEn%C3%AD_Koreje" title="Prezident Jižní Koreje – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Prezident Jižní Koreje" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydkoreas_pr%C3%A6sidenter" title="Sydkoreas præsidenter – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sydkoreas præsidenter" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A4sident_der_Republik_Korea" title="Präsident der Republik Korea – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Präsident der Republik Korea" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%B5%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9D%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Πρόεδρος της Νότιας Κορέας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πρόεδρος της Νότιας Κορέας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_South_Korea" title="President of South Korea – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="President of South Korea" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_de_Corea_del_Sur" title="Presidente de Corea del Sur – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Presidente de Corea del Sur" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prezidanto_de_Sudkoreio" title="Prezidanto de Sudkoreio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Prezidanto de Sudkoreio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="رئیس‌جمهور کره جنوبی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رئیس‌جمهور کره جنوبی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9sident_de_la_r%C3%A9publique_de_Cor%C3%A9e" title="Président de la république de Corée – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Président de la république de Corée" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uachtar%C3%A1n_Phoblacht_na_C%C3%B3ir%C3%A9" title="Uachtarán Phoblacht na Cóiré – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Uachtarán Phoblacht na Cóiré" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_de_Corea_do_Sur" title="Presidente de Corea do Sur – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Presidente de Corea do Sur" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai-h%C3%B2n_M%C3%ACn-koet_Ch%C3%BAng-th%C3%BAng" title="Thai-hòn Mìn-koet Chúng-thúng – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Thai-hòn Mìn-koet Chúng-thúng" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%BC%EA%B5%AD%EC%9D%98_%EB%8C%80%ED%86%B5%EB%A0%B9" title="대한민국의 대통령 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="대한민국의 대통령" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D4%BF%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B0" title="Հարավային Կորեայի նախագահ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հարավային Կորեայի նախագահ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="दक्षिण कोरिया के राष्ट्रपति – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="दक्षिण कोरिया के राष्ट्रपति" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presiden_Korea_Selatan" title="Presiden Korea Selatan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Presiden Korea Selatan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_della_Corea_del_Sud" title="Presidente della Corea del Sud – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Presidente della Corea del Sud" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%90_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA" title="נשיא קוריאה הדרומית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="נשיא קוריאה הדרומית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%97_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="სამხრეთ კორეის პრეზიდენტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სამხრეთ კორეის პრეზიდენტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%8F_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8B%D2%A3_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%96" title="Корея Республикасының президенті – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Корея Республикасының президенті" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%C5%B3_Kor%C4%97jos_prezidentas" title="Pietų Korėjos prezidentas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pietų Korėjos prezidentas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%87" title="رئيس كوريا الجنوبيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="رئيس كوريا الجنوبيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presiden_Korea_Selatan" title="Presiden Korea Selatan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Presiden Korea Selatan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%A8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D3%A9%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D0%B5%D1%80%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BB%D3%A9%D0%B3%D1%87" title="Өмнөд Солонгосын ерөнхийлөгч – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Өмнөд Солонгосын ерөнхийлөгч" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%90%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6%E1%81%8F_%E1%80%9E%E1%80%99%E1%80%B9%E1%80%99%E1%80%90" title="တောင်ကိုရီးယားနိုင်ငံ၏ သမ္မတ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="တောင်ကိုရီးယားနိုင်ငံ၏ သမ္မတ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E7%B5%B1%E9%A0%98_(%E5%A4%A7%E9%9F%93%E6%B0%91%E5%9B%BD)" title="大統領 (大韓民国) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="大統領 (大韓民国)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1" title="د سويلي کوريا ولسمشر – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="د سويلي کوريا ولسمشر" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prezydenci_Korei_Po%C5%82udniowej" title="Prezydenci Korei Południowej – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Prezydenci Korei Południowej" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_da_Coreia_do_Sul" title="Presidente da Coreia do Sul – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Presidente da Coreia do Sul" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predsednik_Ju%C5%BEne_Koreje" title="Predsednik Južne Koreje – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Predsednik Južne Koreje" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/South_Korea_President_Yoon_Suk_Yeol_portrait.jpg/220px-South_Korea_President_Yoon_Suk_Yeol_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/South_Korea_President_Yoon_Suk_Yeol_portrait.jpg/330px-South_Korea_President_Yoon_Suk_Yeol_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/South_Korea_President_Yoon_Suk_Yeol_portrait.jpg/440px-South_Korea_President_Yoon_Suk_Yeol_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3070" data-file-height="3837" /></a></span></div><b>Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Yoon_Suk-yeol" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoon Suk-yeol">Yoon Suk-yeol</a></b><br />since 10 May 2022</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_South_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Government of South Korea (not yet started)">Executive branch of the government of the Republic of Korea</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_of_the_President_(South_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Office of the President (South Korea) (not yet started)">Office of the President</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mr._President_(title)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mr. President (title)">Mr. President</a> (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">대통령님)</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r8662964">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">Head of state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">Head of government</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">POTROK, POSK</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Council_of_South_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Council of South Korea (not yet started)">State Council</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Security_Council_(South_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Security Council (South Korea) (not yet started)">National Security Council</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Unification_Advisory_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Unification Advisory Council (not yet started)">National Unification Advisory Council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">Residence</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Presidential residence</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">Political parties</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Presidential_elections_in_South_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Presidential elections in South Korea (not yet started)">Direct popular vote</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Five years;<br />Not renewable</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Constitution_of_South_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Constitution of South Korea (not yet started)">Constitution of the Republic of Korea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data">President of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Provisional_Government_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (not yet started)">Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Syngman_Rhee" class="mw-redirect" title="Syngman Rhee">Syngman Rhee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">24 July 1948</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Republic_of_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea">Prime Minister of South Korea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Korean_Won&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Korean Won (not yet started)">₩</a>240,648,000 annually <span style="font-size:85%;">(2021)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="languageicon">(in English)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.president.go.kr/">english.president.go.kr</a><br /><span class="languageicon">(in Korean)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.president.go.kr/">president.go.kr</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>President of the Republic of Korea</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">대한민국 대통령</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">大韓民國大統領</span></span></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">RR</a>: <i><span title="Korean-language romanization"><i lang="ko-Latn">Daehan Minguk Daetongryeong</i></span></i>) is the head of state, leader of the executive of the South Korean government and the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a> of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Korean_Armed_Forces&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Korean Armed Forces (not yet started)">South Korean Armed Forces</a> </p><p>The president is directly elected by the people to a five-year term, with no possibility of re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in office, the chief executive lives in <a href="/wiki/Blue_House" title="Blue House">Cheong Wa Dae</a> (the "Blue House"). </p><p>If the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of South Korea">National Assembly</a> votes against a presidential decision, it will be declared void immediately. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Powers_and_duties_of_the_president">Powers and duties of the president</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_South_Korea&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Powers and duties of the president" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_South_Korea&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Powers and duties of the president"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The president is required to: </p> <ul><li>uphold the Constitution</li> <li>preserve the safety and homeland of South Korea</li> <li>work for the peaceful <a href="/w/index.php?title=Reunification_of_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reunification of Korea (not yet started)">reunification of Korea</a>, typically act as the Chairperson of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Unification_Advisory_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Unification Advisory Council (not yet started)">National Unification Advisory Council</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_presidents">List of presidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_South_Korea&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: List of presidents" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_South_Korea&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: List of presidents"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9671799">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See the main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_South_Korea" title="List of presidents of South Korea">List of presidents of South Korea</a></div> <div style="text-align:right; float:right; margin-left:5px"> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_gjmjgzjtd70nzyjr73ih2jlpvt2xwv4"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Yoon_Suk%2Dyeol" coords="57,639,182,663" title="Yoon Suk-yeol" alt="Yoon Suk-yeol" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Moon_Jae%2Din" coords="57,617,169,641" title="Moon Jae-in" alt="Moon Jae-in" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Park_Geun%2Dhye" coords="57,579,182,603" title="Park Geun-hye" alt="Park Geun-hye" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Lee_Myung%2Dbak" coords="57,540,182,564" title="Lee Myung-bak" alt="Lee Myung-bak" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Roh_Moo%2Dhyun" coords="57,497,175,521" title="Roh Moo-hyun" alt="Roh Moo-hyun" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Kim_Dae%2Djung" coords="57,454,175,478" title="Kim Dae-jung" alt="Kim Dae-jung" /><area shape="rect" 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style="max-width: 978px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rhee_Syng-Man_in_1948.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rhee Syngman 1st–3rd term (served: 1948–1960)"><img alt="Rhee Syngman 1st–3rd term (served: 1948–1960)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Rhee_Syng-Man_in_1948.jpg/96px-Rhee_Syng-Man_in_1948.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Rhee_Syng-Man_in_1948.jpg/144px-Rhee_Syng-Man_in_1948.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Rhee_Syng-Man_in_1948.jpg/192px-Rhee_Syng-Man_in_1948.jpg 2x" data-file-width="984" data-file-height="1229" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Syngman_Rhee" class="mw-redirect" title="Syngman Rhee">Rhee Syngman</a><br />1st–3rd term</b><br />(served: 1948–1960)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yun_Bo-seon.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yun Posun 4th term (served: 1960–1962)"><img alt="Yun Posun 4th term (served: 1960–1962)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Yun_Bo-seon.jpg/90px-Yun_Bo-seon.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Yun_Bo-seon.jpg/135px-Yun_Bo-seon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Yun_Bo-seon.jpg/180px-Yun_Bo-seon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="412" data-file-height="550" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Yun_Posun" class="mw-redirect" title="Yun Posun">Yun Posun</a><br />4th term</b><br />(served: 1960–1962)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Park_Chung-hee.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Park Chung-hee 5th–9th term (served: 1962–1979)"><img alt="Park Chung-hee 5th–9th term (served: 1962–1979)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Park_Chung-hee.jpg/108px-Park_Chung-hee.jpg" decoding="async" width="108" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Park_Chung-hee.jpg/162px-Park_Chung-hee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Park_Chung-hee.jpg/216px-Park_Chung-hee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="764" data-file-height="848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Park_Chung-hee" title="Park Chung-hee">Park Chung-hee</a><br />5th–9th term</b><br />(served: 1962–1979)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:19700408%E5%B4%94%E5%9C%AD%E5%A4%8F.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Choi Kyu-hah 10th term (served: 1979–1980)"><img alt="Choi Kyu-hah 10th term (served: 1979–1980)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/19700408%E5%B4%94%E5%9C%AD%E5%A4%8F.jpg/83px-19700408%E5%B4%94%E5%9C%AD%E5%A4%8F.jpg" decoding="async" width="83" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/19700408%E5%B4%94%E5%9C%AD%E5%A4%8F.jpg/124px-19700408%E5%B4%94%E5%9C%AD%E5%A4%8F.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/19700408%E5%B4%94%E5%9C%AD%E5%A4%8F.jpg/165px-19700408%E5%B4%94%E5%9C%AD%E5%A4%8F.jpg 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="595" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Choi_Kyu-hah" class="mw-redirect" title="Choi Kyu-hah">Choi Kyu-hah</a></b><br /><b>10th term</b><br />(served: 1979–1980)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chun_Doo-hwan_1983_(cropped).JPEG" class="mw-file-description" title="Chun Doo-hwan 11th–12th term (served: 1980–1988)"><img alt="Chun Doo-hwan 11th–12th term (served: 1980–1988)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Chun_Doo-hwan_1983_%28cropped%29.JPEG/82px-Chun_Doo-hwan_1983_%28cropped%29.JPEG" decoding="async" width="82" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Chun_Doo-hwan_1983_%28cropped%29.JPEG/123px-Chun_Doo-hwan_1983_%28cropped%29.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Chun_Doo-hwan_1983_%28cropped%29.JPEG/165px-Chun_Doo-hwan_1983_%28cropped%29.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="298" data-file-height="434" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Chun_Doo-hwan" title="Chun Doo-hwan">Chun Doo-hwan</a><br />11th–12th term</b><br />(served: 1980–1988)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roh_Tae-woo_-_cropped,_1989-Mar-13.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Roh Tae-woo 13th term (served: 1988–1993)"><img alt="Roh Tae-woo 13th term (served: 1988–1993)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Roh_Tae-woo_-_cropped%2C_1989-Mar-13.jpg/95px-Roh_Tae-woo_-_cropped%2C_1989-Mar-13.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Roh_Tae-woo_-_cropped%2C_1989-Mar-13.jpg/143px-Roh_Tae-woo_-_cropped%2C_1989-Mar-13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Roh_Tae-woo_-_cropped%2C_1989-Mar-13.jpg/191px-Roh_Tae-woo_-_cropped%2C_1989-Mar-13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="617" data-file-height="775" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Roh_Tae-woo" title="Roh Tae-woo">Roh Tae-woo</a></b><br /><b>13th term</b><br />(served: 1988–1993)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kim_Young-sam_presidential_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kim Young-sam 14th term (served: 1993–1998)"><img alt="Kim Young-sam 14th term (served: 1993–1998)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Kim_Young-sam_presidential_portrait.jpg/88px-Kim_Young-sam_presidential_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="88" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Kim_Young-sam_presidential_portrait.jpg/132px-Kim_Young-sam_presidential_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Kim_Young-sam_presidential_portrait.jpg/176px-Kim_Young-sam_presidential_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4856" data-file-height="6621" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Young-sam" title="Kim Young-sam">Kim Young-sam</a></b><br /><b>14th term</b><br />(served: 1993–1998)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kim_Dae-jung_presidential_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kim Dae-jung 15th term (served: 1998–2003)"><img alt="Kim Dae-jung 15th term (served: 1998–2003)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kim_Dae-jung_presidential_portrait.jpg/100px-Kim_Dae-jung_presidential_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kim_Dae-jung_presidential_portrait.jpg/150px-Kim_Dae-jung_presidential_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kim_Dae-jung_presidential_portrait.jpg/200px-Kim_Dae-jung_presidential_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="6000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Dae-jung" title="Kim Dae-jung">Kim Dae-jung</a> <br />15th term</b><br />(served: 1998–2003)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roh_Moo-hyun_presidential_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Roh Moo-hyun 16th term (served: 2003–2008)"><img alt="Roh Moo-hyun 16th term (served: 2003–2008)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Roh_Moo-hyun_presidential_portrait.jpg/95px-Roh_Moo-hyun_presidential_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Roh_Moo-hyun_presidential_portrait.jpg/142px-Roh_Moo-hyun_presidential_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Roh_Moo-hyun_presidential_portrait.jpg/190px-Roh_Moo-hyun_presidential_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1093" data-file-height="1381" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Roh_Moo-hyun" title="Roh Moo-hyun">Roh Moo-hyun</a> <br />16th term</b><br />(served: 2003–2008)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_Myung-bak_presidential_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lee Myung-bak 17th term (served: 2008–2013)"><img alt="Lee Myung-bak 17th term (served: 2008–2013)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Lee_Myung-bak_presidential_portrait.jpg/96px-Lee_Myung-bak_presidential_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Lee_Myung-bak_presidential_portrait.jpg/144px-Lee_Myung-bak_presidential_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Lee_Myung-bak_presidential_portrait.jpg/192px-Lee_Myung-bak_presidential_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="876" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Lee_Myung-bak" title="Lee Myung-bak">Lee Myung-bak</a><br />17th term</b><br />(served: 2008–2013)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Park_Geun-hye_presidential_portrait.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Park Geun-hye 18th term (served: 2013–2017)"><img alt="Park Geun-hye 18th term (served: 2013–2017)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Park_Geun-hye_presidential_portrait.png/91px-Park_Geun-hye_presidential_portrait.png" decoding="async" width="91" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Park_Geun-hye_presidential_portrait.png/137px-Park_Geun-hye_presidential_portrait.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Park_Geun-hye_presidential_portrait.png/182px-Park_Geun-hye_presidential_portrait.png 2x" data-file-width="972" 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/></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Myung-bak" title="Lee Myung-bak">Lee Myung-bak</a> </td> <td>2008–2013 </td> <td>82 years, 335 days </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%EC%A0%9C22%EC%B0%A8_%EA%B5%AD%EA%B0%80%EA%B3%BC%ED%95%99%EA%B8%B0%EC%88%A0%EC%9E%90%EB%AC%B8%ED%9A%8C%EC%9D%98_-%EB%AC%B4%EC%9D%B8_%EC%9D%B4%EB%8F%99%EC%B2%B4_%EB%B0%8F_%EC%97%94%EC%A7%80%EB%8B%88%EC%96%B4%EB%A7%81_%EC%82%B0%EC%97%85%EB%B0%9C%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EB%9E%B5%EB%B3%B4%EA%B3%A0%ED%9A%8C-_(10)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_South_Korea&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_South_Korea&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/%28%EB%B3%84%ED%91%9C_32%29_%EA%B3%A0%EC%A0%95%EA%B8%89%EC%A0%81_%EC%97%B0%EB%B4%89%EC%A0%9C_%EC%A0%81%EC%9A%A9%EB%8C%80%EC%83%81_%EA%B3%B5%EB%AC%B4%EC%9B%90%EC%9D%98_%EC%97%B0%EB%B4%89%ED%91%9C%28%EC%A0%9C35%EC%A1%B0_%EA%B4%80%EB%A0%A8%29.pdf">공무원보수규정(제31380호)(20210105) / (별표 32) 고정급적 연봉제 적용대상 공무원의 연봉표(제35조 관련)</a> (in Korean)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Article 70 of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Constitution of the Republic of Korea (not yet started)">Constitution of the Republic of Korea</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_websites">Other websites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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