Moon Jae-in

Moon Jae-in (Korean: Moon Jae-in/Moon Jae-in, romanized: Mun Jae-in, pronounced: [mun.dʑɛ.in]; January 24, 1953-), born in Nampyeong, is a progressive politician and human rights lawyer in the Republic of Korea. He was born in Geoje County, South Gyeongsang Province. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Korea. He once served as the 19th president of the Republic of Korea and a member of the National Assembly. Born on January 24, 1953 in Geoje County, South Korea (now Geoje City, Gyeongsangnam-do). Born into a humble family. When he was young, Moon Jae-in was a student movement leader and a practicing lawyer. He had long been involved in human rights campaigns. Before entering politics, he collaborated with Roh Moo-hyun and was a well-known human rights lawyer. After Roh Moo-hyun was elected president, he also joined the Blue House and served as his secretary-general. On April 11, 2012, Moon Jae-in was elected as a member of the 19th Congress of the Republic of Korea in Sasang District, Busan. On September 16 of the same year, Moon Jae-in was nominated by the Democratic Party to participate in the 2012 presidential election, but ultimately lost to Saenuri Party candidate Park Geun-hye by 1.08 million votes. From 2015 to 2016, he served as a representative of the Democratic Party of Korea. In 2017, he was nominated again by the Democratic Party of Korea, won the 2017 presidential election, and took office at the Blue House. On July 24, 2017, Moon Jae-in attended the 200-day countdown commemoration event for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics held at the Alpensia Resort and Convention Center in Pyeongchang County, and was appointed as the PyeongChang Winter Olympics Promotional Ambassador. On April 27, 2018, Moon Jae-in and North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un held an inter-Korean summit meeting at the Peace House in Panmunjom on the side of the Republic of Korea.