Park Geun-hye
Politician
1952 –
Who is Park Geun-hye?
Park Geun-hye is the eleventh and current President of South Korea. She is the first woman to be elected as President in South Korea, and is serving the 18th presidential term. She also is the first woman head of state in modern history of Northeast Asia. Prior to her presidency, she was the chairwoman of the conservative Grand National Party between 2004 and 2006 and between 2011 and 2012. Park was also a member of the Korean National Assembly, and had served four consecutive parliamentary terms as a constituency representative between 1998 and 2012; starting her fifth term as a proportional representative from June 2012. Her father was Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea from 1963 to 1979. She is generally considered to be one of the most influential politicians in Korea since the presidencies of the two Kims: Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung.
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- Born
- Feb 2, 1952
Jung District, Daegu - Also known as
- First lady Park Geun-hye
- Parents
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Profession
- Education
- Sogang University
- University of Grenoble
- Lived in
- Daegu
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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