Moon Jae in1953 65438+1October 24th was born in Joji County, Gyeongsangnam-do (now Joji City). Originally from Nanping, he graduated from Kyung Hee University majoring in law and believed in Catholicism. He used to be a permanent adviser to the Democratic Unity Party, a member of the19th National Assembly, and is now the19th President of South Korea. On may 20 17 10, Moon Jae in was elected president of the Republic of Korea and was sworn in on the same day.

Moon Jae in won the 20 17 general election;

17, 10 At about 2: 45 in the morning of May, among the counted 88.7% of the votes, Moon Jae in won 40.3% of the votes, and Hong Zhunyung, the second candidate of the Free Korean Party, won 25.0% of the votes. Moon Jae in's lead in the vote rate has exceeded the proportion of votes that have not yet been counted, and he is sure to be elected.

Moon Jae in said in a speech at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul late at night on the 9th that he would join hands with the people to advance together for the future of South Korea. Earlier, Moon Jae in's main competitor, Hong Zhunyung, and National Party candidate Cheol-Su An expressed their willingness to accept the final result of the election.

The voting for this presidential election was held from 6: 00 to 20: 00 local time on the 9th, and there were 13964 polling stations nationwide. The preliminary statistics of the Election Committee in the early morning of 10 show that the turnout rate of this election is 77.2%.

This is the first time that South Korea has elected a president without a president since the 1987 constitutional reform. A total of 15 candidates registered in this election, two of whom withdrew in the final stage of the election. According to the plan, the president-elect will have no transition time, and will gain power immediately after 10 receives the confirmation letter from the Election Committee, which can be called fast appointment.