Mr No Tae-woo former president of south korea Died on Tuesday (Oct. 26) at the age of 88 with a tainted past.
Noh’s assistant announced at around 2:00 p.m. local time (2 hours earlier than Thailand) that Noh had died while being treated at Seoul National University Hospital.
Born in 1942 in Daegu, Nai Noh enlisted in the South Korean Army during the 1950-1953 Korean War, then served a key role in the army. Before gaining several political positions from the power of the military that was over the government at that time
Mr No Young initiated a coup. Mr. Choi Gyu-ha In 1979, he helped his fellow Korean Army college students. General Cheon Doo-hwan instead of the president They also led the military to crack down on pro-democracy protesters in Gwangju in 1980, causing many deaths. and became a scar in the modern history of South Korea.
Noh rose to the presidency of South Korea after General Chun was chosen to represent the Democratic Justice Party’s Democratic Party’s presidency. before winning the election became the country’s first president to be directly elected because the opposition political parties compete for votes among themselves Mr. Kim Young-Sam andMr. Kim Dae-jung
During the presidency He was also involved in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul after playing a key role in organizing various sporting events in South Korea as he was the chairman of the South Korean Olympic Committee.
Even so, Mr No has contributed to the country’s democratic reforms and socialist ties, such as meeting withMr Mikhail Gorbachev soviet union president During their visit to the United States in 1990, the talks marked the first talks between the two governments in 42 years and established ties with China in 1992.
However, Mr No and General Chon were arrested and put on trial in 1995 for taking bribes from businessmen while in office. He was also charged with treason for a coup and the massacre of students and pro-democracy citizens in Gwangju.
He was ultimately sentenced to 17 years in prison and seized more than 260 billion won, but was pardoned by the South Korean president in 1997 and just paid off his assets in September 2013. past
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