4·19혁명정신 계승과 선양

Abstract

With the April 19, students and citizens who were upset with March 15 rigged election led under the Lee Seung-Man’s regime ousted collapsed power and established a new power. It was a people’s revolution in democratic history of Korea. Democratic spirit enhanced in the April 19 Revolution was succeeded in Korean democratic movements from the Buma Democracy Movement in 1979 to the June Democracy Movement in 1987 and led Korean democracy. The April 19 Revolutionary spirit and democratic ideology were reflected in the revised Constitution to secure legitimacy of democratic movement, and the records of the April 19 Revolution were designated as one of 2023 UNESCO World Heritages, which was a good opportunity that Korean democracy would be expanded world-widely. Although there is a great possibility that succession and enhancement of the April 19 Revolutionary spirit would be expanded further with promotion in status of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans’ Affairs, for better management of the project, the government should expand education for democratic people and develop governance-type education programs supported jointly by private, public and academic sectors by referring to cases of advanced countries in patriots and veterans’ affairs.