Park Geun-hye

Her Excellency

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	2 February 1952 (age 72); Taegu, South Korea
Political party	Saenuri Party
Alma mater	Sogang University
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In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

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]

Impeachment and suspension

On 9 December 2016, Park was impeached by the National Assembly on charges related to influence peddling by a top aide.^[4] Her presidential powers and duties have been suspended since the ratification of the impeachment proposal, and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn has assumed those powers and duties as Acting President.^[5] She was officially removed from office on 10 March 2017.^[3]

On 6 April 2018, a three-judge panel of the Central District Court in Seoul sentenced Park to 24 years in prison and a fine of ₩18,000,000,000 (US$16,798,683). The panel said she was guilty of 16 out of 18 charges brought against her.^[6]

Park Geun-hye Media

Park (center) smiles and shows a portrait drawn by a girl in Cheong Wa Dae, Seoul, at Children's Day 5 May 2013
President Park on inauguration day, 25 February 2013
Park delivering the keynote speech during an economic policy meeting on 27 December at the Sejong Government Complex.
Park Geun-hye at a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on 7 May 2013
Park Geun-hye and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Beijing, 27 June 2013
Park Geun-hye and Pope Francis, 14 August 2014
Park meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the 14th ASEAN-India Summit
Park Geun-hye being welcomed by Iran's business minister, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh in Mehrabad Airport
Park Geun-hye's Presidential Job Approval Rating
Park Geun-hye Approval ratings by age - 1st week of November 2016