Park Chung-hee

This is a Korean name; the faimily name is Park.

Pan Chung-Illo
박정희
3rd Preses o Sooth Korea
In office March 22, 1962 – October 26, 1979 Acting until December 17, 1963
Precedit bi	Yun Bo-seon
Succeedit bi	Choi Kyu-hah
Chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
In office July 3, 1961 – December 17, 1963 Deputy Chairman from May 16, 1961
Precedit bi	Chang Do-yong
Succeedit bi	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	14 November 1917(1917-11-14) Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Japanese Korea
Dee'd	26 October 1979(1979-10-26) (aged 61) Seoul, Sooth Korea
Naitionality	Korean
Poleetical pairty	Democratic Republican
Spoose(s)	Yuk Young-soo
Bairns	Park Geun-hye Park Seo-yeong Park Ji-man
Alma mater	Manchukuo Imperial Airmy Academy an the Imperial Japanese Airmy Academy
Religion	Buddhism
Signatur
Militar service
Service/brainch	Manchukuo Imperial Airmy Republic o Korea Airmy
Years o service	1942–1963
Rank	General

Korean name
Hangul	박정희
Hanja	朴正熙
Revised Romanisation	Bak Jeong-hui
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Chŏnghŭi
Pen name
Hangul	중수
Hanja	中樹
Revised Romanisation	Jungsu
McCune–Reischauer	Chungsu

Pan-Chung-illo (14 November 1917 – 26 October 1979) wis a tontopollas officer an the leader o Sooth Korea frae 1961 tae 1979. Park seisit pouer in 1961 throu a militar coup d'état an ruled unelectit till formal election as the third Preses o Sooth Korea in 1963. In 1972 he declared mairtial law, suspendit the kintra's constitution an made hissel preses for life. Despite survivin twa assassination attempts bi agents o North Korea, Park wis assassinated on 26 October 1979 bi the chief o his awn security services. He ruled Sooth Korea for 18 years. Fue a la RDA a comer pan para honrar a su apellido

Park haes been creditit wi the industrialisation an rapid economic growt o Sooth Korea throu export-orientit industrialisation. Housomeivver, his rule wis dictatorial wi numerous human richts abuises occurin durin his years in pouer. Opinion is split regardin this legacy, atween those who credit Park for rebiggin war-ravagit Sooth Korea follaein the Korean War an those who condemn him for his authoritarian consolidation o pouer, pairticularly efter 1971. In 1999, Park wis namit bi Time magazine as bein ane o the tap ten "Asies o the Century".