PHOTOS Moon's journey: From defiant commando to commander-in-chief

President-elect Moon Jae-in graduated from Gyeongnam High School in Busan in 1971. / Courtesy of Moon’s camp

(From left) Moon, his wife Kim Jung-sook and their friends from Kyung Hee University. / Courtesy of Moon’s camp

Moon was a commando in the Korean Army in 1975, a year after a court gave him 10 months’ probation for leading an anti-government demonstration in 1972. / Courtesy of Moon’s camp

Moon, left, and colleague Park Won-soon, the incumbent Seoul Mayor, completed the 12th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute in 1982. / Courtesy of Moon’s camp

Moon, left, and his colleague worked as independent human-rights lawyers in 1982. / Courtesy of Moon’s camp

(From left) Moon’s family photo, with son Joon-yong and daughter Da-hye, when he was an active lawyer. / Courtesy of Moon’s camp

Moon worked as the Chief Presidential Secretary under the Roh Moo-hyun administration from March 2007 to February 2008. / Courtesy of Moon’s camp

Moon delivers a speech to citizens of Sasang-gu district in Busan while campaigning for the 19th general election in April 2012. / Courtesy of Moon’s camp

Moon as a Democratic United Party Rep. in 2012. / Courtesy of Moon’s camp

Moon campaigns for votes as a candidate from the Democratic United Party during the 18th presidential election in 2012. / Courtesy of Moon’s camp

Moon is elected as the representative of the Democratic Party of Korea in 2014. / Courtesy of Moon’s camp