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Park Geun-hye

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Park Geun-hye (; Korean: 박근혜 [pak‿k͈ɯn.hje] ; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 until her removal from office in 2017. A member of Saenuri during her presidency and the eldest daughter of Park Chung Hee, she was the first woman in the country and the first in East Asia to be elected as head of state. Park previously served as the first lady of South Korea under her father's presidency from 1974 until her father's assassination in 1979. Born in Daegu, Park graduated from Sogang University in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 91 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2024). Park Geun-hye is the 913th most popular politician (up from 1,072nd in 2024), the 14th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 13th in 2019) and the 12th most popular South Korean Politician.

Park Geun-hye is most famous for being the first female president of South Korea.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Park Geun-hye ranks 913 out of 19,576. Before her are Arnulf of Carinthia, Alexandra of Denmark, Jugurtha, Enver Pasha, Mustafa IV, and Vytautas. After her are Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Harald Greycloak, Randal Cremer, Christian VII of Denmark, and Margaret Theresa of Spain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Park Geun-hye ranks 10. Before her are Harvey Weinstein, Liam Neeson, Steven Seagal, Orhan Pamuk, David Hasselhoff, and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan. After her are Roberto Benigni, Salome Zourabichvili, Arkan, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Nelson Piquet, and Robert Zemeckis.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Park Geun-hye ranks 14 out of 1,128. Before her are Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Yi Sun-sin (1545), Ban Ki-moon (1944), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), and Gojong of Korea (1852). After her are Lee Byung-chul (1910), Empress Gi (1315), Roh Tae-woo (1932), Kim Young-sam (1927), Sunjong of Korea (1874), and Yun Posun (1897).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Park Geun-hye ranks 12. Before her are Kim Dae-jung (1924), Moon Jae-in (1953), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), and Gojong of Korea (1852). After her are Empress Gi (1315), Roh Tae-woo (1932), Kim Young-sam (1927), Sunjong of Korea (1874), Yun Posun (1897), and Yeongjo of Joseon (1694).

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