Park Geun-hye

Her Excellency Park Geun-hye
박근혜
Official portrait, 2013
11th President of South Korea
In office 25 February 2013 – 10 March 2017
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
In office 17 December 2011 – 15 May 2012
Preceded by	Hong Jun-pyo
Succeeded by	Hwang Woo-yea
In office 23 March 2004 – 10 July 2006
Preceded by	Choe Byeong-ryeol
Succeeded by	Kang Jae-sup
Member of the National Assembly
In office 30 May 2012 – 10 December 2012
Constituency	Proportional Representation No. 11
In office 3 April 1998 – 29 May 2012
Preceded by	Kim Suk-won
Succeeded by	Lee Jong-jin
Constituency	Dalseong
Personal details
Born	(1952-02-02) 2 February 1952 (age 73) Taegu, South Korea
Political party	Saenuri Party
Alma mater	Sogang University
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Park Geunhye (born February 2, 1952) is a South Korean politician. She served as the President of South Korea from 2013 until her impeachment in 2017. She is the second daughter of Park Chung-hee, former President of South Korea. On December 19, 2012, she was elected president of the country. She was the first woman president of South Korea, having taken office on February 25, 2013.^[1] In 2013 and 2014, Park was named the world's 11th most powerful woman and the most powerful woman in East Asia by Forbes magazine.^[2]

Park was impeached on 10 March 2017 and was replaced by Prime Minister of South Korea Hwang Kyo-ahn.^[3]

1. ↑ Sang-Hun, Choe (19 December 2012). "Park Geun-hye Is Elected South Korea's First Female President". The New York Times.
2. ↑ "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women; 2015 RANKING". Forbes. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
3. ↑ Sang-hun, Choe (9 March 2017). "South Korea Removes President Park Geun-hye". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 March 2017.