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Roh Hoe-chan was born on 31 August, 1956 in Busan, South Korea, is a South Korean politician (1956–2018). Discover Roh Hoe-chan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

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Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 31 August 1956
Birthday 31 August
Birthplace Busan, South Korea
Date of death 23 July, 2018
Died Place Seoul, South Korea
Nationality South Korea

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1956

Roh Hoe-chan (노회찬, 31 August 1956 – 23 July 2018) was a South Korean politician.

Roh was born on 31 August 1956 in Busan into a middle-class household.

1970

He attended the prestigious Kyunggi High School in the 1970s.

1982

Afterwards, Roh went to college, taking part in political movements, and in 1982 was hired as a welder at a factory where he organized the factory workers.

Roh was instrumental in the formation of the Incheon Democratic Workers' Federation (인천민주노동자연맹) with the aim of creating the workers' party.

1988

Roh married fellow labor activist Kim Ji-sun in 1988.

The couple had no children.

Roh was a cello player from his elementary school days, and often dreamed of a society where every citizen could pick up a musical instrument.

1989

He was jailed for 30 months after being caught by the government in 1989, accused of breaking the National Security Act.

1990

After serving his jail term, Roh was involved with the formation of progressive political parties in the 1990s, which later became the Democratic Labor Party in 2000.

2004

He served as a member of the National Assembly from 2004 to 2008.

He co-founded the New Progressive Party with Sim Sang-jung, Cho Seungsoo, and other members of the People's Democracy faction of the Democratic Labor Party.

2005

In 2005, he posted the names of the prosecutors implicated in corruption cases involving Samsung on the internet.

2010

He unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Seoul as a New Progressive Party candidate in 2010.

2012

Roh was involved with multiple progressive-leaning parties, lately with the Justice Party from 2012 until his death in 2018.

He again served as a member of the National Assembly on behalf of the Unified Progressive Party and the Justice Party in 2012 to 2013.

Roh broke with the Unified Progressive Party after allegations that the faction led by the party leader Lee Jung-hee had manipulated the party list to elect members of her own faction into the National Assembly.

He, with Sim Sang-jeong and Rhyu Si-min, formed the Progressive Justice Party in October 2012, but in 2013 it became the Justice Party.

2013

He was charged with breaking Korea's communication secrecy act, and after a long legal battle, he was sentenced to 4 months in prison and given a 1-year suspended prison sentence in 2013.

2016

He was again elected to the National Assembly, this time as a member of the Justice Party, in 2016.

2017

He was a member of the 17th, 19th, and 20th National Assemblies.

2018

In July 2018, Roh was under investigation into accusations that he had accepted from an aide to an influential blogger known as "Druking" while at the center of an opinion-rigging scandal.

Roh committed suicide, aged 61, by jumping from his mother's apartment in Seoul on 23 July 2018.

His death occurred during the course of the special prosecutor's investigations into the illegal political funds of Druking, the main perpetrator of the South Korean opinion-rigging scandal.

Roh's will, addressing the Justice Party and its membership, admitted receiving (approximately US$35,300) from Druking's organization but denied any form of favoritism in exchange for the campaign contribution.

According to Political Fund Act which he supported, it is still illegal and guilty because the amount of money he has received already exceeds the legitimate scope.

In response to his death, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Roh had made “big contributions to widening the spectrum of [South] Korean politics".