Reform Party 개혁신당 | |
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| Abbreviation | RP |
| Leader | Lee Jun-seok |
| Secretary-General | Kim Chul-keun |
| Floor Leader | Chun Ha-ram |
| Chair of the Policy Planning Committee | Lee Joo-young |
| Founder | Lee Jun-seok |
| Founded | 20 January 2024 |
| Split from | People Power Party |
| Membership(May 2025) | 106,183[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right[7] toright-wing[11] |
| Colours | Orange Black |
| Slogan | 정쟁이 아닌 정책으로 ('Not by Fight, but by Policy.') 고성이 아닌 품격질의 ('Not Loud, but Classy') |
| National Assembly | 3 / 300 |
| Metropolitan Mayors and Governors | 0 / 17 |
| Municipal Mayors | 0 / 226 |
| Provincial and Metropolitan Councillors | 2 / 872 |
| Municipal Councillors | 6 / 2,988 |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 개혁신당 |
| Hanja | 改革新黨 |
| RR | Gaehyeok sindang |
| MR | Kaehyŏk sindang |
TheReform Party (RP;Korean: 개혁신당) is a South Korean political party jointly led byLee Jun-seok, the former leader of thePeople Power Party (PPP). While initially founded by Lee Jun-seok as aconservative party after his split from the PPP, it has subsequently merged with various parties and factions led by politicians formerly affiliated with theDemocratic Party of Korea (DPK) andJustice Party.
The founding congress of the Reform Party was held on 20 January 2024.[12] At the founding congress, the intention was emphasized to create a "third force", which would include the Reform Party, to oppose the Democratic Party and the PPP. The new party expressed its readiness to create coalitions.[13] The party is led by former People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok and the conservative Kim Yong-nam is the party's policy committee chief.[13]
On 24 January 2024,Yang Hyang-ja'sHope of Korea merged into the Reform Party ahead of theApril 10 parliamentary election.[14] On February 9, it was announced that the party, along withFuture Party led byLee Nak-yon, would merge to create the Reform Party, with the new party being led by Lee Jun-seok and Lee Nak-yon.[15]
On 20 February 2024, Lee Nak-yon and his New Future Party announced their withdrawal from the merger with the Reform Party.Kim Jong-min, an assemblyman close to Lee, also left the party to rejoin Lee's New Future Party.[16]
In April 2025, the party rejectedHong Joon-pyo's suggestion for a merger with the People Power Party, citing its opposition to the PPP's support for Yoon Suk-yeol after the2024 martial law crisis.[17]
Initially, the Reform Party mainly consisted ofmoderate conservatives centred around Lee Jun-seok, joined bycentrists formerly affiliated with theBareunmirae Party.[18] Centre-left members of theJustice Party who refused an election alliance with theGreen Party also left the party and joined the election alliance. This includes former MPRyu Ho-jeong. However, after consecutive mergers with other parties and factions, it has morphed into a big tent party composed of members from different backgrounds.
Because its various factions were merged to form a centrist block ahead of the2024 South Korean parliamentary elections, party members remain divided along ideological lines.[19]
The party claims to beagainst authoritarianism andstatism and seeks to protect liberty.[20][21][vague]
| Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lee Jun-seok | 2,917,523 | 8.34 | Lost |
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Seats | Position | Status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | No. | +/– | ||||
| 2024 | Lee Jun-seok | 195,147 | 0.68 | New | 1 / 254 | 1,025,775 | 3.62 | New | 2 / 46 | 3 / 300 | New | 4th | Opposition |
New Reform Party promotes a libertarian approach to conservatism
The public dissatisfaction with both major-party candidates has left an opening for the center-right New Reform Party's presidential candidate, Lee Jun-seok.
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