Democratic Party of Korea 더불어민주당 | |
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Abbreviation | DPK |
Leader | Lee Jae-myung[1] |
Secretary-General | Kim Yoon-deok |
Floor leader | Park Chan-dae |
Chair of the Policy Planning Committee | Jin Seong-jun |
Founded | 26 March 2014[a] |
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Headquarters | 7, Gukhoe-daero 68-gil, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul |
Think tank | The Institute for Democracy |
Youth wing | Democratic Party of Youth |
Membership (2022) | ![]() |
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Political position | Centre to centre-left |
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Slogan | 국민과 더불어 ('Together with the people') |
National Assembly | 171 / 300 |
Metropolitan mayors and governors | 5 / 17 |
Municipal mayors | 65 / 226 |
Provincial and metropolitan councillors | 322 / 872 |
Municipal councillors | 1,355 / 2,960 |
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theminjoo | |
The Democratic Party of Korea (DPK; Korean: 더불어민주당, lit. 'Together Democratic Party'), formerly known as the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD; 새정치민주연합), is a centrist-liberal[10] South Korean political party. The DPK and its rival, the People Power Party (PPP), form the two major political parties of South Korea.
Democratic Party of Korea | |
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Hanja | 더불어民主黨 |
Revised Romanization | Deobureo Minjudang |
McCune–Reischauer | Tŏburŏ Minjudang |
New Politics Alliance for Democracy | |
Hangul | |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Saejeongchi Minju Yeonhap |
McCune–Reischauer | Saejŏngch'i Minju Yŏnhap |
The NPAD was founded on 26 March 2014 out of a merger between the Democratic Party and the preparatory committee of the New Political Vision Party (NPVP) led by Ahn Cheol-soo. The party changed its name to the Democratic Party of Korea on 28 December 2015. In 2022, the Democratic Party, the Open Democratic Party,[11] and New Wave[12] merged to form a big tent party.[13][14]
In recent years, the main liberal party, now the Minjoo Party, has changed its name, and had many high-profile members defect amid infighting and electoral defeats.
Park Won-soon was a member of President Moon Jae-in's liberal Democratic Party and had been touted for a run at becoming South Korea's president in the country's next national elections in 2022.
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