Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (born 1932)

Roh Tae-woo was a South Korean army general and politician who served as the sixth president of South Korea from 1988 to 1993. In 1987, he became the first president to be directly elected under the current democratic constitution, which was promulgated after a lengthy period of indirect elections under military governments following the advent of the Yushin Constitution in 1972.

October 26 is the 299th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 66 days remain until the end of the year.