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Who won South Korea’s 2022 presidential election after Moon Jae-In’s term ended?
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Moon Jae-In
South Korea's 12th president, Moon Jae-In, 2017.
After Moon Jae-In’s single term as president of South Korea concluded, Yoon Suk-Yeol won the 2022 presidential election. Yoon defeated the Democratic Party of Korea candidate, Lee Jae-Myung, by the narrowest margin in South Korean history and was sworn into office on May 10, 2022.123
It is important to note that Yoon Suk-Yeol is no longer the president of South Korea. Following his impeachment by the National Assembly in December 2024 and the subsequent upholding of that decision by the Constitutional Court in April 2025, a snap election was held on June 3, 2025. Lee Jae-Myung won that election and currently serves as the president of South Korea.4