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Park Geun-hye (born February 2, 1952) is a South Korean politician. She is a member of the National Assembly and was the head of the conservative Grand National Party. She is now in her fourth parliamentary term, having first been elected in 1998. Her father was Park Chung-hee, president of South Korea from 1963 to 1979. As of 2009, She is considered the closest to be elected to be the next president of South Korea with the 40% of approval rating [1] and as the most influential politician in Korea.[2]
[edit] Early life and educationBorn in Samdeok-dong of Jung-gu, Daegu, Park now resides in nearby Gumi City. She graduated from Seoul's Seongsim High School in 1970, going on to receive a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Sogang University in 1974. In 1987, she earned her doctoral degree from Chinese Culture University in Taiwan. Park was also the chairwoman of the board of Yeungnam University from 1982 to 1991. [edit] As First LadyPark lost her mother to a leftist Korean Japanese assassin in 1974. Since then, she was regarded as first lady until 1979 when her father was also assassinated by his own intelligence chief. During this time, pro-democracy activists (political opponents of her father's military dictatorship) continued to be subject to arbitrary detention and torture, and human rights were considered subordinate to economic development.[3] Park Geun-hye has expressed regret at the treatment of pro-democracy activists during this period.[4] [edit] As GNP chairpersonPark helped her party in 2006 to make significant gains in local governments and actually obtain a majority. During the campaign on May 20, 2006, a 50-year old man slashed Park's face with a small knife, causing a 10-centimeter wound on her face, requiring 60 stitches and hours of surgery.[5] Park has faced much scrutiny over an educational foundation, formerly known as Buil (after the stock it controls in the newspaper Busan Ilbo), which her father and later she headed. Its original owners claim in court they were forced to turn it over to her father. Park has two siblings, one of whom is her younger brother Park Ji-man, who was infamous for his drug convictions. The other sibling is her younger sister Park Seo-yeong, who is currently the executive director of Yookyoung foundation. On February 12, 2007, Park made a much-publicized visit to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her visit culminated in an address to a packed audience at the Kennedy School of Government, where she said she wanted to "save" Korea and advocated a stronger relationship between the Republic of Korea and the US.[6] [edit] Presidential bidPark hoped to emulate her father's success by becoming the nominee for the Grand National Party. She eventually lost to Lee Myung-bak by a narrow margin. Lee had a commanding lead at the beginning of the primary season, but Park was able to narrow the gap through allegations of Lee's corruption. Actually, Park won the 'party member's bid', but she lost the 'national bid' which covers more percentage in the total presidential bid. [edit] Pro-Park politiciansAfter the 2007 presidential election, President Lee Myung-bak formed the government mostly with his surrounding people. Surrounding people of Park argued that it is a kind of 'political reprisal', and that they should secede the Grand National Party. Eventually, they formed parties named Pro-Park Alliance (친박연대; Chinbak Yeondae) and Solidarity for Pro-Park Independents (친박 무소속 연대; Chinbak Musosok Yeondae). Park herself did not join them, but indirectly supported them by announcing "I hope these people to come back alive". After the mass secession, the rebels announced that they will be remerged into GNP after the general election; GNP prohibited that rejoining. In the following 2008 general election, the rebels won 26 seats: 14 in Park's Party and 12 Independents. It means their pivotal role for GNP's narrow majority. Park continually claimed that GNP should allow the return of her supporters. Currently most of them came back to GNP, resulting in approximately 60 supporters of Park in GNP. [edit] See also[edit] Notes
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