People First Party (South Korea)

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The People First Party (Hangul: 국민중심당; Hanja: 國民中心黨; Revised Romanization: Gungmin Jungsim-dang; McCune-Reischauer: Kungmin Chungsim-dang), is a political party in South Korea. It is led by Sim Dae-pyung and Shin Kook-hwan. Its profile is center-right, conservative. The party is based in the central provinces of Chungcheong. The group absorbed the small opposition United Liberal Democrats also based in the region. It has currently 5 seats in the South Korean parliament.

On February 12, 2008,the People's First Party announced that it was merging with the Liberty Forward Party led by Lee Hoi-chang.^[1] Because the new party will take the Liberty Forward Party name, the party is essentially dissolved.

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[edit] References

1. ^ Two Small Conservative Parties Merge, The Korea Times, 12 February 2008

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