Park Geun-hye
| Park Geun-hye | |
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| 박근혜 | |
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| 11th President of South Korea | |
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Assumed office 25 February 2013 Powers and duties suspended since 9 December 2016 Acting President: Hwang Kyo-ahn |
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| Prime Minister |
Chung Hong-won Lee Wan-koo Choi Kyoung-hwan (Acting) Hwang Kyo-ahn |
| Preceded by | Lee Myung-bak |
| Succeeded by | Hwang Kyo-ahn (Acting) |
| Leader of the Saenuri Party | |
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In office 17 December 2011 – 15 May 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Hong Jun-pyo |
| Succeeded by | Hwang Woo-yea |
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In office 23 March 2004 – 10 July 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Choe Byeong-ryeol |
| Succeeded by | Kang Jae-sup |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
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In office 30 May 2012 – 10 December 2012 |
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| Constituency | Proportional representation |
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In office 3 April 1998 – 29 May 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Kim Suk-won |
| Succeeded by | Lee Jong-jin |
| Constituency | Daegu |
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First Lady of South Korea Acting |
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In role 16 August 1974 – 26 October 1979 |
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| President | Park Chung-hee |
| Preceded by | Yuk Young-soo |
| Succeeded by | Hong Gi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 February 1952 Taegu, South Korea |
| Political party | Saenuri Party |
| Residence | Blue House |
| Alma mater | Sogang University |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Geun(-)hye |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Kŭnhye |
Park Geun-hye (박근혜; Korean pronunciation: [pak̚.k͈ɯn.ɦje̞] or [pak̚] [kɯn.ɦje̞]; born 2 February 1952) is the 11th President of South Korea, but is currently suspended from her powers and duties amidst impeachment proceedings.
Park, the first woman to be elected as President of South Korea, is serving the 18th presidential term. She is the first female president of a Northeast Asian nation and the first female elected as head of state in East Asia.
Prior to her presidency, Park was the chairwoman of the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) from 2004 to 2006 and from 2011 to 2012. (The GNP changed its name to the "Saenuri Party" in February 2012.) She was also a member of the National Assembly, serving four complete consecutive parliamentary terms as a constituency representative between 1998 and 2012. She started her fifth term as a proportional representative in June 2012. Her father, Park Chung-hee, was the President of South Korea from 1963 to 1979 after he seized power in 1961.
In 2013 and 2014, Park was ranked 11th on the Forbes list of the world's 100 most powerful women and the most powerful woman in East Asia. In 2014, she was ranked 46th on the Forbes list of the world's most powerful people, the third-highest South Korean on the list after Lee Kun-hee and Lee Jae-yong.
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