The Democratic Justice Party (; DJP) was the ruling party of
South Korea from 1981 to 1988.
History
Chun had become the country's de facto leader after leading a
military coup in December 1979, and was elected president in his own right in
August 1980. Two months after taking office, he abolished all political parties, including
Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee (, ; 14 November 1917 – 26 October 1979) was a South Korean politician and army general who served as the dictator of South Korea from 1961 until his assassination in 1979; ruling as an unelected military strongman from 1961 ...
's
Democratic Republican Party, which had ruled the country since 1963, and with few viable constraints on its power since
Park's self-coup of 1971. A new Constitution, which inaugurated the
Fifth Republic, was enacted later in October.
The following January, Chun created the Democratic Justice Party, which garnered the support of most DRP lawmakers and politicians; for all intents and purposes it was the DRP under a new name. He was
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as the first president of the Fifth Republic in 1981. Although the DJP won large majorities at legislative elections in 1981 and 1985 and the system was heavily rigged in its favor, it had far less power than the DRP.
The 1980 Constitution limited the president to a single seven-year term, with no possibility of reelection. Chun announced his retirement in 1987, but resisted all calls to further open up the regime. The situation changed later in 1987, when DJP presidential candidate
Roh Tae-woo promised that year's
presidential election would be free and democratic. Roh became the first direct elected president under free and fair election in December 1987. In 1990, the DJP merged with
Kim Young Sam's Reunification Democratic Party and
Kim Jong-pil
Kim Jong-pil (; ; January 7, 1926 – June 23, 2018), also known colloquially as JP, was a South Korean politician and the founder/first director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA, now the National Intelligence Service). He s ...
's New Democratic Republican Party to form the
Democratic Liberal Party.
Election results
President
Legislature
See also
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Hanahoe - Most of DJP's key figures were from the far-right military organization Hanahoe.
References
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Conservative parties in South Korea
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Political parties established in 1980
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Liberty Korea Party
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1980 establishments in South Korea
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Right-wing politics in South Korea