National Independence Federation

National Independence Federation 민족자립연맹
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Ideology	Korean nationalism Liberalism
Political position	Centrism
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The National Independence Federation (Korean: 민족자립연맹, Minjok Jalib Yeonmaeng, KNP) was a centrist political party in South Korea.

History

The party was established by Kim Kyu-sik.^[1] Due to Kim's opposition to the holding of separate elections in South Korea, it boycotted the 1948 Constitutional Assembly elections.^[1] It did contest the 1950 parliamentary elections, winning a single seat.

1 2 Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p675

Numbers in brackets indicate numbers of seats in the National Assembly

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