Kim Young-sam
This article contains Korean text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hangul and hanja. Korean name Hangul 김영삼 Hanja 金泳三 Revised Romanization Gim Yeongsam McCune–Reischauer Kim Yŏngsam Pen name Hangul 거산 Hanja 巨山 Revised Romanization Geosan McCune–Reischauer Kŏsan Kim Young-sam (Hangul: 김영삼; hanja: 金泳三; Korean pronunciation: [kim jʌŋsʰam]; born December 20, 1927) is a South Korean politician and democratic activist, who served as the seventh President of South Korea from 1993 to 1998. From 1961, he spent almost 30 years as one of the leaders of the South Korean opposition, and one of the most powerful rivals to the authoritarian regimes of Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan. Elected president in 1992, Kim became the first civilian to hold the office in over 30 years. He was inaugurated on February 25, 1993, and served a single five-year term, presiding over a massive anti-corruption campaign, the arrest of his two predecessors, and an internationalization policy called Segyehwa.