Moon Jae-in is a South Korean human rights lawyer and politician serving as President of South Korea since 2017. Prior to this, he served as chief of staff to then-president Roh Moo-hyun (2007-2008), leader of the Democratic Party of Korea (2015–2016) and a member of the 19th National Assembly (2012–2016).

In 2012, Moon was a candidate for the Democratic United Party in the 2012 presidential election, in which he lost narrowly to Park Geun-hye; Park was aided in this election by security services. He was elected after the impeachment of Park Geun-hye as the candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea in 2016. As president, Moon Jae-in achieved international attention for his meetings with North Korean chairman Kim Jong-un at inter-Korean summits in April, May, and September 2018, making him the third South Korean president to meet their North Korean counterpart. On June 30, 2019, Moon met with both North Korean chairman Kim Jong-un and United States president Donald Trump at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

Moon is a liberal who favors a peaceful reunification with North Korea. On economic policy, Moon favors reform of chaebols and has raised the minimum wage by more than 16% and lowered the maximum workweek from 68 to 52 hours. Moon's response to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic has received praise domestically and internationally and helped his party win a historic victory in the 2020 legislative election.

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