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1927 – 2015Kim Young-sam (1927-2015)Died 22 November 2015, aged 87Kim Young-sam was President of South Korea from 1993 to 1998 and the country's first civilian president after decades of military rule. His administration prosecuted two former military presidents for corruption and mutiny. Kim's later term was marked by the Asian financial crisis that struck South Korea in 1997.