List of Presidents of South Korea by time in office

295 days
Choi Kyu-hah
1979–1980

This is a list of Presidents of South Korea by time in office. The basis of the list is the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.

Rank by time in office

# in
office
 President Length of term Rank by
length of
term 		Notes
3
 Park Chung-hee 17 years, 216 days
1
 Served 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th terms; assassinated
1
 Rhee Syng-man 11 years, 281 days
2
 Served 1st, 2nd, and 3rd terms; resigned
5
 Chun Doo-hwan 7 years, 192 days
3
 Served 11th and 12th terms
6
 Roh Tae-woo 4 years, 365 days[1]
4
 Served 13th term
10
 Lee Myung-bak 4 years, 365 days[1]
4
 Served 17th term
7
 Kim Young-sam 4 years, 364 days
6
 Served 14th term
8
 Kim Dae-jung 4 years, 364 days
6
 Served 15th term
9
 Roh Moo-hyun 4 years, 364 days
6
 Served 16th term
11
 Park Geun-hye 3 years, 286 days
9
 Incumbent: Serving 18th term
2
 Yun Bo-seon 1 year, 223 days
10
 Served 4th term; resigned
4
 Choi Kyu-hah 295 days
11
 Served 10th term; resigned

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Roh and Lee served one day longer than other one-term presidents because they each served during two leap years while other one-term presidents served during only one leap year. This is also why their services of 4 years, 365 days did not equal 5 years
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