Lee Jae Myung is a South Korean politician, author, and retired civil rights attorney. He became a civil rights attorney after being influenced by Roh Moo Hyun, who later became president of South Korea.

After entering politics, Lee was defeated in the Seongnam mayoral election in 2006 and the South Korean legislative election in 2008, but was elected in the Seongnam mayoral election in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. He served as Mayor of Seongnam until 15 March 2018, before running in and winning the election to become Governor of Gyeonggi Province. He served as the 35th Governor of Gyeonggi Province from 2018 to 2021 until he resigned in October to run for president.

He was the nominee of the ruling Democratic Party in the 2022 South Korean presidential election but lost narrowly to Yoon Suk Yeol in the general election. He was later elected as a member of the National Assembly and became the leader of the Democratic Party.

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