The United Liberal Democrats ( ko, 자유민주연합, Yayuminjuyeonhab, Liberal Democratic Union, ULD) was a
right-wing
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conservative
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political party
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in
South Korea
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, whose support mostly came from the
North Chungcheong
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and
South Chungcheong
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regions. The short Korean name is Jaminryeon ( ko, 자민련, , Liberal Union; ULD).
The Party was in a government coalition with
Kim Dae-jung
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's
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from 1998 to 2001.
In the
2004 parliamentary election, it gained only 4 seats in the National Assembly, and its president
Kim Jong-pil
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announced his retirement from politics after his bid for the 10th term in the National Assembly failed. Subsequently, most lawmakers from the party chose to defect from the party to form a new party,
People First Party. Kim Hak-won, the only remaining lawmaker of the party who was also the president of the party then, announced the merger of the party with the main opposition
Grand National Party
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on February 20, 2006.
Election results
Legislature
Local
References
External links
United Liberal Democratsofficial site (in English)
{{SouthKorea-party-stub
1995 establishments in South Korea
2006 disestablishments in South Korea
Conservative parties in South Korea
Defunct political parties in South Korea
National conservative parties
Liberty Korea Party
Political parties disestablished in 2006
Political parties established in 1997
Social conservative parties