Roh Tae-woo

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Roh Tae-woo (Korean: 노태우, pronounced [no.tʰɛ.u]; 4 December 1932 – 26 October 2021) was a South Korean army general and politician who served as the sixth President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993. In 1987, he became the first president to be directly elected under the current democratic constitution, which was promulgated after a lengthy period of indirect elections under military governments following the advent of the Yushin Constitution in 1972. Born in Daegu, Roh graduated from Korea Military Academy in 1954 with a bachelor's degree in science and later worked in the military. He had known Chun Doo-hwan since high school whom he later helped rule South Korea. Rising steadily through the ranks, he saw action in the Vietnam War, and by 1979 he was a major general and commanded the White Horse Division. In that capacity, Roh played a key role in the December 1979 military coup that brought Chun to power, and supported Chun's violent crackdown of the Gwangju Uprising in 1980. Retiring...

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