Uri Party 열린우리당 열린우리黨 | |
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President | Roh Moo-hyun |
Founded | 1 November 2003 |
Dissolved | 20 August 2007 |
Split from |
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Merged into | Grand Unified Democratic New Party |
Headquarters | 133 Yeongdeungpo-dong 6-ga, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-left[5][6] |
Colours | Yellow |
Uri Party | |
Hangul | 열린우리당 |
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Hanja | 열린우리黨 |
Revised Romanization | Yeollin Uridang |
McCune–Reischauer | Yŏllin Uridang |
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The Yeollin Uri Party (Korean: 열린우리당; RR: Yeollinuridang; lit. Our Open Party), generally abbreviated to Uri Party (Korean: 우리당; Hanja: 우리黨; RR: Uridang; lit. Our Party), was the ruling social-liberal political party in South Korea from 2003 to 2007. A liberal party, it was created to support then-President Roh Moo-hyun.[7] Chung Sye Kyun was the last leader of the party and twice served as its chairman. In 2007 the party merged the United New Democratic Party to form the Democratic Party. The current-day descendant of the party is the Democratic Party of Korea, but progressives in the party have become members of the Justice Party.
The governor has stayed consistent with his political beliefs and core values, which has helped him build a concrete support base since he first joined politics in 2005 as a member of the defunct liberal Uri Party.
Translated into political support, the center-left Uri Party last year was supported by 35 percent of those in their 20s, while the conservative Grand National Party was favored by only about 17 percent of those young adults.