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Chun Doo-hwan

1931 - 2021

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Chun Doo-hwan (Korean: 전두환; Hanja: 全斗煥; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʌnduɦwɐn] or [tɕʌn] [tuɦwɐn]; 18 January 1931 – 23 November 2021) was a South Korean army general and military dictator who ruled as an unelected strongman from 1979 to 1980 before replacing Choi Kyu-hah as president of South Korea from 1980 to 1988.Chun usurped power after the 1979 assassination of president Park Chung-hee, a military dictator who had ruled since 1962. Chun orchestrated the 12 December 1979 military coup, then cemented his military dictatorship in the 17 May 1980 military coup in which he declared martial law and later set up a concentration camp for "purificatory education". He established the highly authoritarian Fifth Republic of Korea on 3 March 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chun Doo-hwan has received more than 1,639,274 page views. Her biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia. Chun Doo-hwan is the 615th most popular politician (up from 882nd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 7th in 2019) and the 8th most popular South Korean Politician.

Chun Doo-hwan is famous for being a former military general and politician who served as the President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. He is best known for his controversial rise to power in a military coup in 1979 and his role in the Gwangju Uprising in 1980, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chun Doo-hwan ranks 615 out of 15,577. Before her are Peleus, Honorius, Heydar Aliyev, Charles I of Anjou, Emperor Jimmu, and Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. After her are Charles the Simple, Khufu, Juliana of the Netherlands, Amenhotep I, Chandragupta Maurya, and Catiline.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Chun Doo-hwan ranks 8. Before her are Boris Yeltsin, Rajneesh, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Toni Morrison, James Dean, and Raúl Castro. After her are Monica Vitti, Desmond Tutu, Philip Kotler, Robert Duvall, Tomas Tranströmer, and Alice Munro. Among people deceased in 2021, Chun Doo-hwan ranks 8. Before her are Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michael Collins, Gerd Müller, Mikis Theodorakis, Albert Bandura, and Charlie Watts. After her are Jacques Rogge, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Desmond Tutu, Christopher Plummer, Abolhassan Banisadr, and Roh Tae-woo.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Chun Doo-hwan ranks 8 out of 944. Before her are Park Chung-hee (1917), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), Moon Jae-in (1953), Syngman Rhee (1875), Kim Dae-jung (1924), and Yeongjo of Joseon (1694). After her are Ban Ki-moon (1944), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Gojong of Korea (1852), Park Geun-hye (1952), Empress Gi (1315), and Sejo of Joseon (1417).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Chun Doo-hwan ranks 8. Before her are Park Chung-hee (1917), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), Moon Jae-in (1953), Syngman Rhee (1875), Kim Dae-jung (1924), and Yeongjo of Joseon (1694). After her are Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Gojong of Korea (1852), Park Geun-hye (1952), Empress Gi (1315), Sejo of Joseon (1417), and Roh Tae-woo (1932).

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