Liberal Party government

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The Liberal Party government was the South Korean ruling administration whose authoritarian rule and electoral corruption sparked the April Revolution of 1960.

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instanceOf government
alsoKnownAs Liberal Party regime NERFINISHED
Syngman Rhee regime NERFINISHED
basedIn Seoul NERFINISHED
causeOf April Revolution NERFINISHED
characterizedBy authoritarianism
electoral fraud
political repression
press censorship
collapsedAfter April Revolution NERFINISHED
country South Korea
endedWith resignation of Syngman Rhee
endTime 1960
followedBy Chang Myon government NERFINISHED
Second Republic of Korea NERFINISHED
foreignPolicy pro-United States
governmentType presidential system
headOfGovernment Syngman Rhee NERFINISHED
headOfState Syngman Rhee NERFINISHED
held rigged elections
ideology anti-communism
conservatism
inPowerDuring post-Korean War reconstruction period
language Korean
legislature National Assembly of South Korea NERFINISHED
maintained strong anti-communist security apparatus
notableFigure Jang Taek-sang NERFINISHED
Lee Ki-poong NERFINISHED
opposedBy intellectuals
opposition parties
student protesters
partOf First Republic of Korea NERFINISHED
politicalPosition right-wing
precededBy First Republic of Korea early coalition governments
reasonForEvent authoritarian rule
electoral corruption
region East Asia
rulingParty Liberal Party (South Korea) NERFINISHED
significantElection 1960 South Korean presidential election
1960 South Korean vice-presidential election
significantEvent April Revolution NERFINISHED
startTime 1951
suppressed left-wing movements
political opposition
timePeriod Cold War
triggered mass student demonstrations in April 1960
used security laws to control dissent

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April Revolution opposed Liberal Party government