Dissolved 20 January 2000 | Founded 5 September 1995 | |
Merger of Democratic Party (1991) Merged into Millennium Democratic Party Headquarters 25-4, Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul | ||
The National Congress for New Politics was a political party of South Korea from 1995 to 2000. The party later merger with New Peoples party forming the Millennium Democratic Party (MDP; 새천년민주당; Saecheonnyeon Minjudang)
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History
The party was formed in 1995 as the National Congress for New Politics (새정치국민회의; Saejeongchi Gungminhoeu) after Kim Dae-jung returned to active politics following his retirement in 1992. The majority of the party's early supporters were former members of the opposition Democratic Party, formed in 1991.
In the 1996 Parliamentary election the party managed to come a strong second, winning 79 seats. Later Kim's Democratic Party merged to the party. In the 1997 Presidential election, Kim won the Presidency with 40% of the vote.
In 2000, the party officially changed its name to the MDP, after it merged with the smaller New People Party led by Rhee In-je and a number of conservative minded politicians joined it.
Candidates
This is a list of official pre-registered candidates that declared their 2007 presidential bid.