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Elections & Leaders

Understand who leads each country—and how they came to power.

Explore national election results and current leaders around the world. Find presidents, prime ministers and heads of state, compare parliamentary seats won by political parties, and check when the next elections are expected. Choose a country to see its leadership portraits, election charts and links to official sources.

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South Korea

Leadership

Portrait of Lee Jae-myung
Lee Jae-myung
President
Government of India · Photo source · Government Open Data License – India
Portrait of Han Seong-sook
Han Seong-sook
Prime Minister
National Assembly of South Korea · Photo source · Korea Open Government License Type 1

Lee Jae-myung serves as president. Profile source

National government

The prime minister’s office lists Han Seong-sook as prime minister. Official prime minister profile

SOUTH KOREA · ELECTIONS & REPRESENTATION

Votes, seats & parliament

Dated source snapshot

Explore South Korea’s recorded parliamentary results and how each chamber is selected. Leadership portraits appear above; the charts below show seats reported in the linked election records.

Chambers recorded11 not marked suspended in this source
Directly elected1Other chambers may use a different selection method
Results coverage1 / 1Chambers with a party-seat breakdown

These are dated election records, not live chamber membership. By-elections, vacancies, appointments and changes of party may alter the current composition. A seat total can cover only the seats allocated in that result; it does not automatically represent the full statutory chamber.

Directly elected

National Assembly

Recorded selection · 10 April 2024

300seats shown
Democratic Party of Korea161
People Power Party90
People Future Party18
Democratic Alliance14
Rebuilding Korea Party12
New Reform Party3
New Future Party1
Progressive Party1

Each seat icon represents one reported seat. Colours distinguish parties within this chart; the arc is a visual grouping, not a seating plan.

Largest allocation in this resultDemocratic Party of Korea161 of 300 reported seats. This alone does not identify a governing coalition.

Next recorded renewal projection30 April 2028A source projection, not a confirmed polling-day announcement.
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Regional election maps require separately verified geographic results. National seat totals are shown here without inferring regional winners.

Inter-Parliamentary Union: Parliamentary elections, November 2026. Terms of use · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

UN heads of state and government reference