On this day 38 years ago, on December 16, 1987 (October 26, 1987 in the lunar calendar), Roh Tae-woo was elected president of South Korea. On December 16, 1987, Roh Tae-woo, president of the Democratic and Justice Party, was elected president of South Korea. Roh Tae-woo, born in 1932, was a native of Dacheng County, North Gyeongsang Province. He graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer School and the Army University. In 1959, he went to the United States for special forces training and served as a brigade commander, combat assistant to the President's Guard Room, division commander, capital security commander, and second administrative officer in the cabinet. In December 1979, he supported Chun Doo-hwan to launch a military coup. From 1983, he served as chairperson of the organizing committee of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. In August 1987, he served as president of the Democratic and Justice Party. In 1987, he was elected president of South Korea through direct