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|fullname = Park Chung-hee

|alias = Bak Jeonghui Pak Chŏnghŭi Jungsu Chungsu Okamoto Minoru Parkov

|alias = Bak Jeonghui Pak Chŏnghŭi Jungsu Chungsu Okamoto Minoru Parkov Takagi Masao

|origin = Kameo, Japanese Korea

|occupation = President of South Korea (1963 - 1979) Chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction (1961 - 1963)

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|skills = Military training Political knowledge

|crimes = Repression Authoritarianism Election fraud [[Torture]] Blackmail

|hobby = }}{{Quote|We have been born into this land, charged with the historic mission of regenerating the nation.|Park Chung-hee, ''The Charter of National Education of Korea'', 1968}}'''Park Chung-hee''' (Hangul: 박정희; Hanja: 朴正熙; 14 November 1917 – 26 October 1979) was a South Korean politician and general who served as the President of South Korea from 1963 until his assassination in 1979, assuming that office after first ruling the country as head of a military dictatorship installed by the May 16 coup in 1961. Before his presidency, he was the chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction from 1961 to 1963 after a career as a military leader in the South Korean army. During [[World War II]], he served in the Manchukuo Imperial Army, which was a division of the armed forces of [[Imperial Japan]].

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{{Quote|We have been born into this land, charged with the historic mission of regenerating the nation.|Park Chung-hee, ''The Charter of National Education of Korea'', 1968}}

'''Park Chung-hee''' (Hangul: 박정희; Hanja: 朴正熙; 14 November 1917 – 26 October 1979) was a South Korean politician and general who served as the President of South Korea from 1963 until his assassination in 1979, assuming that office after first ruling the country as head of a military dictatorship installed by the May 16 coup in 1961. Before his presidency, he was the chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction from 1961 to 1963 after a career as a military leader in the South Korean army. During [[World War II]], he served in the Manchukuo Imperial Army, which was a division of the armed forces of [[Imperial Japan]].

==Biography==

Park was born on 14 November 1917, in Gumi, North Gyeongsang in Korea under Japanese rule, to parents Park Sung-bin and Bek Nam-eui. He was the youngest of five brothers and two sisters in a poor Yangban family. Extremely intelligent, egotistic and ambitious, Park's hero from his boyhood on was [[Napoleon Bonaparte]], and he frequently expressed much disgust that he had to grow up in the poor and backward countryside of Korea, a place that was not suitable for someone like himself. Those who knew Park as a youth recalled that a recurring theme of his remarks was his wish to "escape" from the Korean countryside. As someone who had grown up under Japanese rule, Park often expressed his admiration for Japan's rapid modernization after the Meiji Restoration of 1867 and for Bushido ("the way of the warrior"), the Japanese warrior code.

As a youth, he won admission to a teaching school in Daegu and worked as a teacher in Mungyeong-eup after graduating in high school, but was reportedly a very mediocre student. Following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the ambitious Park decided to enter the Changchun Military Academy of the Manchukuo Imperial Army, with help from Imperial Japanese Army Colonel Arikawa (a drill instructor at the teaching school in Daegu who was impressed by Park's military ambitions). During this time, he adopted the Japanese name Takagi Masao (高木正雄). He graduated top of his class in 1942 (receiving a gold watch from the Emperor Puyi himself) and was recognized as a talented officer by his Japanese instructors, who recommended him for further studies at the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in Japan.

Against this backdrop of social instability and division, Major General Park formed the Military Revolutionary Committee. When he found out that he was going to be retired within the next few months, he sped up the Committee's plans. It led a military coup on 16 May 1961, which was nominally led by Army Chief of Staff Chang Do-yong after his defection on the day it started. The military takeover rendered powerless the democratically elected government of President Yun, ending the Second Republic.

Park's coup brought an end to the interim government of the Second Republic and his election and inauguration in 1963 ushered in the Third Republic. Seeking to bring South Korea into the developed world, Park began a series of economic policies that brought rapid economic growth and industrialization to the nation that eventually became known as the Miracle on the Han River. South Korea became one of the fastest growing nations during the 60s and 70s as a result.

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 |fullname = Park Chung-hee
-|alias = Bak Jeonghui<br>Pak Chŏnghŭi<br>Jungsu<br>Chungsu<br>Okamoto Minoru<br>Parkov
+|alias = Bak Jeonghui<br>Pak Chŏnghŭi<br>Jungsu<br>Chungsu<br>Okamoto Minoru<br>Parkov<br>Takagi Masao
 |origin = Kameo, Japanese Korea
 |occupation = President of South Korea (1963 - 1979)<br>Chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction (1961 - 1963)
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 |skills = Military training<br>Political knowledge
 |crimes = Repression<br>Authoritarianism<br>Election fraud<br>[[Torture]]<br>Blackmail
-|hobby = }}{{Quote|We have been born into this land, charged with the historic mission of regenerating the nation.|Park Chung-hee, ''The Charter of National Education of Korea'', 1968}}'''Park Chung-hee''' (Hangul: 박정희; Hanja: 朴正熙; 14 November 1917 – 26 October 1979) was a South Korean politician and general who served as the President of South Korea from 1963 until his assassination in 1979, assuming that office after first ruling the country as head of a military dictatorship installed by the May 16 coup in 1961. Before his presidency, he was the chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction from 1961 to 1963 after a career as a military leader in the South Korean army. During [[World War II]], he served in the Manchukuo Imperial Army, which was a division of the armed forces of [[Imperial Japan]].
+|hobby = }}
+{{Quote|We have been born into this land, charged with the historic mission of regenerating the nation.|Park Chung-hee, ''The Charter of National Education of Korea'', 1968}}
+'''Park Chung-hee''' (Hangul: 박정희; Hanja: 朴正熙; 14 November 1917 – 26 October 1979) was a South Korean politician and general who served as the President of South Korea from 1963 until his assassination in 1979, assuming that office after first ruling the country as head of a military dictatorship installed by the May 16 coup in 1961. Before his presidency, he was the chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction from 1961 to 1963 after a career as a military leader in the South Korean army. During [[World War II]], he served in the Manchukuo Imperial Army, which was a division of the armed forces of [[Imperial Japan]].
+==Biography==
+Park was born on 14 November 1917, in Gumi, North Gyeongsang in Korea under Japanese rule, to parents Park Sung-bin and Bek Nam-eui. He was the youngest of five brothers and two sisters in a poor Yangban family. Extremely intelligent, egotistic and ambitious, Park's hero from his boyhood on was [[Napoleon Bonaparte]], and he frequently expressed much disgust that he had to grow up in the poor and backward countryside of Korea, a place that was not suitable for someone like himself. Those who knew Park as a youth recalled that a recurring theme of his remarks was his wish to "escape" from the Korean countryside. As someone who had grown up under Japanese rule, Park often expressed his admiration for Japan's rapid modernization after the Meiji Restoration of 1867 and for Bushido ("the way of the warrior"), the Japanese warrior code.
+As a youth, he won admission to a teaching school in Daegu and worked as a teacher in Mungyeong-eup after graduating in high school, but was reportedly a very mediocre student. Following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the ambitious Park decided to enter the Changchun Military Academy of the Manchukuo Imperial Army, with help from Imperial Japanese Army Colonel Arikawa (a drill instructor at the teaching school in Daegu who was impressed by Park's military ambitions). During this time, he adopted the Japanese name Takagi Masao (高木正雄). He graduated top of his class in 1942 (receiving a gold watch from the Emperor Puyi himself) and was recognized as a talented officer by his Japanese instructors, who recommended him for further studies at the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in Japan.
+Against this backdrop of social instability and division, Major General Park formed the Military Revolutionary Committee. When he found out that he was going to be retired within the next few months, he sped up the Committee's plans. It led a military coup on 16 May 1961, which was nominally led by Army Chief of Staff Chang Do-yong after his defection on the day it started. The military takeover rendered powerless the democratically elected government of President Yun, ending the Second Republic.
 Park's coup brought an end to the interim government of the Second Republic and his election and inauguration in 1963 ushered in the Third Republic. Seeking to bring South Korea into the developed world, Park began a series of economic policies that brought rapid economic growth and industrialization to the nation that eventually became known as the Miracle on the Han River. South Korea became one of the fastest growing nations during the 60s and 70s as a result.
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 [[Category:Honorable Villains]]
 [[Category:Affably Evil]]
-[[Category:South Korean Villains]]
+[[Category:Elitist]]
-[[Category:South Korea]]
+[[Category:Arrogant]]