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NP chairwoman and "Queen of Elections"[edit]

Due to the failed attempt to impeach President Roh Moo-hyun, and the bribery scandal of its 2002

presidential candidate, Lee Hoi-chan!re"ealed in 200#$, the %&P 'as facin a se"ere defeat in the

200# eneral election( Par) 'as appointed as the chair'oman of the party and led the election

efforts( *n the election, the %&P lost its ma+ority position, but manaed to ain 2 seats, 'hich is

larely considered a reat achie"ement under such inhospitable circumstances for the party([][0].s

the chair'oman of the %&P, Par) helped her party ma)e sinificant ains in local elections and

actually obtain a ma+ority in 200/(

Durin the campain on 20 May 200/, i 1hun-ho, a 0-year-old criminal 'ith eiht pre"ious

con"ictions, slashed Par)3s face 'ith a utility )nife, causin an -centimeter 'ound on her face,

re4uirin /0 stitches and se"eral hours of surery([][2]. famous anecdote from this incident occurred

'hen Par) 'as hospitali5ed after the attac)( 6he first 'ord that she said to her secretary after her

reco"ery from her 'ound 'as 7Ho' is Dae+eon87 .fter this, the candidate from the %rand &ationalParty 'on the election for mayor of the city of Dae+eon despite ha"in trailed by more than 20

percentae points in opinion polls up to the point of the attac)( *n addition, durin Par)3s term as the

%&P chair'oman bet'een 200# and 200/, the party 'on all #0 reelections and by-elections held,

'hich 'as larely credited to Par)3s influence and efforts( 6his feat a"e Par) a nic)name 79ueen of

:lections7([;][#]

, Par) made a much-publici5ed "isit to Har"ard ?ni"ersity, in 1ambride,

Massachusetts, ?nited @tates( Her "isit culminated in an address to a pac)ed audience at

theAennedy @chool of %o"ernment,'here she said she 'anted to sa"e Aorea and ad"ocated a

stroner relationship bet'een @outh Aorea and the ?nited @tates([][/]

2007 Presidential bid[edit]

Par) hoped to emulate her father3s success by becomin the presidential nominee of the%rand

&ational Party([>]@he e"entually lost to Lee Myun-ba)by a narro' marin( Lee had a commandin

lead at the beinnin of the primary season, but Par) 'as able to narro' the ap throuh alleations

of Lee3s corruption( Par) 'on the 7party member3s bid7, but she lost the 7national bid7, 'hich is a

larer percentae of the total presidential bid(

2008 general election[edit]

.fter the 200> presidential election, President Lee Myun-ba) formed a o"ernment of mostly close

supporters([B]Par)3s supporters arued that this 'as a )ind of political reprisal, and that they should

secede from the %rand &ational Party([]:"entually, they formed parties named Pro-Par)

1oalitionand @olidarity for Pro-Par) *ndependents !C Chin Park Musosok Yeondae$(

Par) herself did not +oin them, but indirectly supported them by announcin 7* hope these people to

come bac) ali"e(7 .fter the mass secession, the rebels announced that they 'ould re+oin %&P after

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the eneral election, but the %&P prohibited it( *n the follo'in 200B eneral election, the rebels 'on

2/ seats # from the Pro-Par) 1oalition and 2 as independents( 6oether, they played a pi"otal

role in the %&P3s narro' ma+ority( Par) continually insisted that %&P should allo' the return of her

supporters( .s of 20, most of these rebels had returned to the %&P, resultin in approEimately 0

to /0 assembly members 'ho support Par) out of > in the %&P(

Head of Saenuri Party[edit]

.s a response to the d'indlin appro"al ratin of the %&P, the party formed an emerency

committee and chaned the name of the political party from the %rand &ational Party to

the SaenuriParty, meanin 7&e' =rontier7 Party([]

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competition 'ith him as of @eptember([2/]]

6he opposin Democratic Party elected Moon ae-inas its presidential candidate on > @eptember(

.nd .hn announced his presidential bid on @eptember( .lthouh still a leadin candidate, in t'o-

'ay competitions Par) had lo'er appro"al ratins aainst .hn3s and aainst Moon3s accordin to a

22 @eptember national sur"ey([2B]@he 'as elected as the President of the Republic of Aorea on

December 202 'ith the appro"al of (/G of Aorean "oters(

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