Yoon Suk Yeol
President of South Korea since 2022
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| June 4 2025 | Lee Jae-myung was inaugurated, marking the end of Yoon Suk Yeol's cabinet's governance. |
| June 3 2025 | Special election was held to determine Yoon's successor following his removal from office. |
| May 23 2025 | Police announce the seizure of Yoon's phones as part of investigations into his attempted arrest in January 2025. |
| May 21 2025 | Yoon makes his first public appearance unrelated to his legal cases, attending the premier in Seoul of a documentary on alleged electoral fraud in the 2024 parliamentary election. |
| May 17 2025 | Yoon left the People Power Party and endorsed Kim Moon-soo as the party's candidate for the 2025 South Korean presidential election. |
| May 16 2025 | Yoon announces his departure from the People Power Party amid poor poll numbers for the party's candidate in snap elections. |
| May 1 2025 | Han Duck-soo resigns as acting president after serving in that capacity following Yoon Suk Yeol's removal. |
| May 1 2025 | Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and First Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok resigned from their positions. |
| May 1 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted for abuse of power following the investigation and residence raid. |
| April 30 2025 | Prosecutors conducted a court-approved raid on Yoon Suk Yeol's private residence, investigating allegations of back room deals and influence peddling involving an intermediary Jeon Seong-bae and Yoon's wife. This was the first time in South Korea's history that a former president's home was searched in connection with a corruption scandal. |
| April 14 2025 | Yoon's trial for insurrection charges began, with Yoon denying the charges and arguing that his attempt to impose martial law did not constitute an insurrection. If found guilty, he could face the death penalty or life imprisonment. |
| 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol's pet count increased to six dogs and five cats. |
| April 14 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol's trial for insurrection charges is scheduled to begin. If convicted, he potentially faces the death penalty or life imprisonment, though South Korea has maintained a moratorium on executions since 1997. |
| April 11 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife vacated the official presidential residence and moved back to their personal accommodation in Gangnam, Seoul, a week after his removal from office. |
| April 4 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol's presidential term officially ends, with the Constitutional Court removing him from office after the impeachment trial. |
| April 4 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office after being impeached by the National Assembly. |
| April 4 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol's presidential term officially ends |
| April 4 2025 | Constitutional Court unanimously upheld Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, formally removing him from office and making him the shortest-serving president in South Korea's democratic history. The Court cited multiple constitutional violations during his declaration of martial law. |
| April 4 2025 | Constitutional Court of Korea unanimously upheld his impeachment, officially terminating his presidency. |
| April 4 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol is removed from office by the Constitutional Court after impeachment trial |
| April 1 2025 | The South Korean Constitutional Court announced a ruling on Yoon's impeachment would be made on April 4, 2025 at 11 am local time. |
| March 8 2025 | Yoon was released from detention following the cancellation of his arrest warrant. |
| March 7 2025 | The court canceled Yoon's arrest warrant due to procedural flaws. |
| February 25 2025 | Yoon issued an apology on the last day of the impeachment trial, continuing to defend his actions. The trial concluded after 11 hearings over 73 days, with 16 witnesses testifying. |
| January 26 2025 | Yoon was indicted on charges of being the 'ringleader of an insurrection'. |
| January 21 2025 | Yoon attended impeachment proceedings for the first time, denying that he ordered soldiers to interfere with the National Assembly's proceedings regarding the martial law declaration. |
| January 17 2025 | Yoon's criminal defense team petitioned the Seoul Central District Court for a habeas corpus review. |
| January 2025 | Became the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested and incarcerated, facing investigation for heading an insurrection. |
| January 15 2025 | Became the first sitting president to be arrested and incarcerated, currently under investigation for potentially heading an insurrection. |
| January 15 2025 | Yoon Suk Yeol arrested following his impeachment |
| January 15 2025 | Yoon was detained by the police and the CIO, becoming the first sitting South Korean president to be detained. |
| January 15 2025 | Became the first sitting president to be arrested and incarcerated at Seoul Detention Center. |
| January 14 2025 | Impeachment proceedings were temporarily suspended after Yoon failed to attend the Constitutional Court session. Subsequent hearings were scheduled for 16 January, 21 January, 23 January, and 4 February 2025. |
| January 7 2025 | The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials began investigating Yoon for alleged treason, related to a potential attempt to manufacture a conflict with North Korea by launching a drone from Baengnyeongdo. |
| January 7 2025 | The Seoul Western District Court extended the arrest warrant after its initial expiration on January 6. |
| January 3 2025 | Authorities attempted to carry out the arrest warrant at the presidential compound but were blocked by the Presidential Security Service. |
| January 1 2025 | Yoon released a statement to his supporters pledging to 'fight alongside you to the very end to protect this nation'. |
| 2024 | During Yoon's presidency, a law was passed outlawing the trade and consumption of dog meat in South Korea. |
| 2024 | Accused of covering up the deaths of two South Korean soldiers by blocking investigative bills and protecting senior military officials. |
| 2024 | Yoon's party (PPP) suffered a major defeat in parliamentary elections, winning only 108 seats (36% of the National Assembly), while the opposition DPK won 175 seats. This significant loss weakened Yoon's political position and led to his being potentially labeled a 'lame duck' president. |
| 2024 | The Swedish V-Dem Institute reported South Korea's decline in liberal democracy index under Yoon's administration, comparing him to Donald Trump. |
| 2024 | Planned to invite African leaders to a special summit in South Korea, with the intention of upgrading the existing Korea-Africa Forum from ministerial to head of state level, and to accelerate negotiations for a South Korea-Africa Free Trade Agreement (FTA). |
| 2024 | Yoon administration announced a 15% reduction in South Korea's research and development (R&D) budget, sparking significant controversy among researchers and raising concerns about the country's technological competitiveness. |
| 2024 | Yoon's administration appoints New Right-affiliated members as director and chairman of the Independence Hall of Korea, sparking controversy from the Korea Liberation Association. |
| 2024 | During a graduation ceremony at KAIST, a student protested the R&D budget cut while President Yoon Suk Yeol was delivering a speech, and was immediately restrained by bodyguards disguised as students. |
| December 31 2024 | Became the first President in South Korean history to face an arrest warrant. |
| December 29 2024 | Yoon Suk Yeol was summoned a third time by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials for questioning, which he again refused to attend. |
| December 29 2024 | Yoon was summoned a third time by the CIO for questioning and continued to refuse attendance. |
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