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republiC oF korea*

H.E. Kwon Soon Il,
NEC

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Dae Han Min Guk (Republic of Korea)
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Unicameral
Presidential Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation Gukhoe (National Assembly)
President MOON Jae-in
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of government Designation nominated
President MOON Jae-in 300 Members (253 elected by single constituency
first-past-the-post elections and 47 are elected by
5. Capital national constituency semi-compensatory pro-
Seoul portional representation elections)

6. Currency 4. Popular House
Korean Won (KRW) Gukhoe (National Assembly)

7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) 5. Type of Electoral System
Homogenous Korean Semi-Compensatory Supplementary Member
System
8. Date of Independence
15 August 1945 (Japanese Colonial rule from PArt iii
1910-1945)
ELECtorAL sYstEM
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
17 July 1948
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
10. Language (s)
Korean 1. Name of the EMB(S)
National Election Commission (NEC)
11. Literacy Levels
Total: 98.3% 2. Website Address
www.nec.go.kr

3. Nature of EMB
Independent constitutional Body

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