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Yi In-je
In 1997, Yi became a presidential candidate for the newly formed New Party for the People but failed to win the election.
YI IN-JE (1948-). Yi graduated in law from Seoul National University in 1972. He then became an attorney, and eventually a judge of the Daejeon district court from 1981-1983, when he returned to his law practice. In 1987, he entered the National Assembly as a member of Kim Young-sam's Reunification Democratic Party. When the party merged to form the Democratic Liberal Party, Yi, too, switched. Following Kim Young-sam's election as president, Yi became minister of labor from 1993-1994, and then governor of Gyeonggi Province from 1995-1997. In 1997, he left what had then become the New Korea Party to stand as presidential candidate for the newly formed New Party for the People. He failed, but split the vote, allowing Kim Dae-jung to become president. Following this, Yi eventually became a
senior member of Kim Dae-jung's Millennium Democratic Party (MDP). However, he failed to win the party's nomination for the December 2002 presidential elections, and when Roh Moo-hyun was selected, Yi left the party to join the United Liberal Democrats. In September 2003, he published a book alleging that his failure to win the MDP nomination was a conspiracy because he knew too much about how the June 2000 Inter-Korean Summit had been agreed.
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senior member of Kim Dae-jung's Millennium Democratic Party (MDP). However, he failed to win the party's nomination for the December 2002 presidential elections, and when Roh Moo-hyun was selected, Yi left the party to join the United Liberal Democrats. In September 2003, he published a book alleging that his failure to win the MDP nomination was a conspiracy because he knew too much about how the June 2000 Inter-Korean Summit had been agreed.
All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. (Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea, by Andrew C. Nahm and James E. Hoare, published by RLPG Books, appears by permission of the author and publisher).
