Roh Hoe-chan

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Roh in January 2017

Roh Hoe-chan (Korean: 노회찬, 31 August 1956 – 23 July 2018) was a South Korean politician. He was born in Busan. He was a member of the 17th, 19th, and 20th National Assembly from 2004 to 2008, 2012 to 2013 and again from 2016 until his death in 2018. A progressive, Roh was a member of the Justice Party from 2012 until his death.

Roh killed himself by jumping off his apartment on 23 July 2018 in Seoul at the age of 61.[1]

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  1. "노회찬 아파트서 투신사망…유서 "금전받았으나 청탁과 무관"(종합)". Yonhap (in Korean). 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-07-22.

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