Chun Doo Hwan
| Chun Doo-hwan | |
|---|---|
| 전두환 | |
Chun Doo-hwan preparing to leave Washington, D.C., on 4 February 1981
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| 5th President of South Korea | |
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In office 1 September 1980 – 25 February 1988 |
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| Prime Minister |
Yoo Chang Soon Kim Sang Hyup Chin Iee Chong Lho Shin Yong Lee Han Key Kim Chung Yul |
| Preceded by | Choi Kyu-hah |
| Succeeded by | Roh Tae-woo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 January 1931 Naecheon-ri, Yulgok-myeon, Hapcheon, Japanese Korea (now Hapcheon County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea) |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Political party | Democratic Justice |
| Spouse(s) | Rhee Soon-ja(married 1958) |
| Children |
Chun Jae-yong(son,1959) |
| Alma mater | Korea Military Academy (B.S.) |
| Religion | Buddhism prev. Roman Catholic |
| Signature |  |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 South Korea |
| Service/branch |
 Republic of Korea Army
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| Years of service | 1955–1980 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Defense Security Command, KCIA |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 전두환 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jeon Duhwan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏn Tuhwan |
| Pen name | |
| Hangul | 일해 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Ilhae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Irhae |
| Courtesy name | |
| Hangul | 용성 |
| Hanja | 勇星 |
| Revised Romanization | Yongseong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yongsŏng |
Chun Jae-yong(son,1959)
Chun Hyg-sun(daughter,1962)
Chun Jae-guk(son,1964)
Chun Doo-hwan (Korean pronunciation: [tɕʌnduhwan] born 18 January 1931) is a former South Korean army general who served as the leader of South Korea from 1979 to 1988, ruling as an unelected leader from December 1979 to September 1980, and the fifth President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. Chun was sentenced to death in 1996 for his role in the Gwangju Massacre, but later pardoned by President Kim Young-sam with the advice of then President-elect Kim Dae-jung, whom Chun's administration had sentenced to death some 20 years earlier.
Chun was born on 18 January 1931 in Yulgok-myeon, a poor farming town in Hapcheon, South Gyeongsang province, during the Imperial Japanese rule of Korea. Chun Doo-hwan was the fourth son out of ten children to Chun Sang-woo and Kim Jeong-mun. Chun's oldest two brothers, Yeol-hwan and Kyuu-gon, died in an accident when he was an infant. Chun grew up knowing his remaining older brother Ki-hwan and his younger brother Kyeong-hwan.
Around 1936, Chun's family moved to Daegu, where he began attending Horan Elementary School. Chun's father had had run-ins with the Japanese police in the past, and in the winter of 1939 he murdered a police captain. Their family immediately fled to Jilin, China, where they stayed in hiding for two years before returning. When Chun finally started attending elementary school again, he was 2–3 years behind his original classmates.
In 1947, Chun began attending Daegu Vocational Middle School, located nearly 25 km from his home. Chun moved on to Daegu Vocational High School.
After graduating from high school in 1951, Chun gained entry into the Korea Military Academy (KMA). While there, he made several key friends among the students who would later play instrumental roles in helping Chun to seize control of the country. He graduated in February 1955 with a Bachelor of Science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the 11th class of the KMA. He later trained in the United States, specializing in guerilla tactics and psychological warfare, and married Rhee Soon-ja, the daughter of the KMA's commandant at the time of his attendance, in 1958.
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