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Park Geun-hye

1952 - Today

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Park Geun-hye (Korean: 박근혜; RR: Bak Geun(-)hye; IPA: [pak‿k͈ɯn.hje]; often in English ; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th (18th election) president of South Korea from 2013 to 2017, when she was impeached and convicted on related corruption charges. Park was the first woman to be elected president of South Korea, and also the first female president popularly elected as head of state in East Asia. She was also the first South Korean president to be born after the founding of South Korea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Park Geun-hye has received more than 5,662,082 page views. Her biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 87 in 2019). Park Geun-hye is the 931st most popular politician (up from 1,106th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 13th in 2019) and the 11th most popular South Korean Politician.

Park Geun-hye is most famous for being the first female president of South Korea.

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  • 88

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Park Geun-hye ranks 931 out of 15,577. Before her are Sebastian of Portugal, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, Louis V of France, Benjamin Disraeli, Kurt Waldheim, and Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. After her are Ptolemy IV Philopator, Balbinus, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Alberto Fujimori, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, and Vasili III of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Park Geun-hye ranks 8. Before her are Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Steven Seagal, Orhan Pamuk, Harvey Weinstein, and Christopher Reeve. After her are Roberto Benigni, Vajiralongkorn, Mickey Rourke, Nelson Piquet, Robert Zemeckis, and Sylvia Kristel.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Park Geun-hye ranks 12 out of 944. Before her are Kim Dae-jung (1924), Yeongjo of Joseon (1694), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Ban Ki-moon (1944), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), and Gojong of Korea (1852). After her are Empress Gi (1315), Sejo of Joseon (1417), Yi Sun-sin (1545), Roh Tae-woo (1932), Sunjo of Joseon (1790), and Jungjong of Joseon (1488).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Park Geun-hye ranks 11. Before her are Syngman Rhee (1875), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Yeongjo of Joseon (1694), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), and Gojong of Korea (1852). After her are Empress Gi (1315), Sejo of Joseon (1417), Roh Tae-woo (1932), Sunjo of Joseon (1790), Jungjong of Joseon (1488), and Gyeongjong of Joseon (1688).

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