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Park Chung-hee

Park Chung-hee

Former President of South Korea
Park Chung Hee was a South Korean politician and army general. After seizing power in the May 16 coup of 1961, he was then elected as the third President of South Korea in 1963. He ruled the country until his assassination in 1979. Wikipedia
Born: November 14, 1917, Gumi-si, South Korea
Assassinated: October 26, 1979, Gungjeong-dong, Seoul, South Korea
Presidential term: December 17, 1963 – October 26, 1979
Spouse: Yuk Young-soo (m. 1950–1974) and Kim Ho Nam (m. 1936–1950)