Politics27 June 1995

Full Implementation of Local Autonomy

The first simultaneous local elections chose local council members and provincial and municipal heads by popular vote.

Local self-government was first introduced in 1952 and suspended after the May 16 coup. It resumed with local council elections in 1991 and was fully implemented on 27 June 1995, when council members and the heads of local governments were elected together for the first time.

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States and rulers at the time: South Korea — President Kim Young-sam

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Kim Young-sam1927 – 2015
related figure · 14th President (1993–1998). Introduced the real-name financial system and full local autonomy; the 1997 currency crisis came at the end of his term

Before and after

Earlier: 1994 National Community Unification Formula
Later: 1997 Currency Crisis and IMF Bailout