Park Geun-hye (Hangul: 박근혜; Hanja: 朴槿惠; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician. She was the chairwoman of the conservative Grand National Party between 2004 and 2006 and again has been the leader of the party since December 2011. (The Grand National Party changed its name to Saenuri Party in February 2012). She is a member of the Korean National Assembly; She has served four consecutive parliamentary terms as a constituency representa...
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Park Geun-hye (Hangul: 박근혜; Hanja: 朴槿惠; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician. She was the chairwoman of the conservative Grand National Party between 2004 and 2006 and again has been the leader of the party since December 2011. (The Grand National Party changed its name to Saenuri Party in February 2012). She is a member of the Korean National Assembly; She has served four consecutive parliamentary terms as a constituency representative since 1998, and will start her fifth term as a proportional representative from May 2012. Her father was Park Chung-hee, president of South Korea from 1963 to 1979. She is considered the most influential politician in Korea since the three Kims (Kim Young-sam, Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong-pil) and the top candidate to be the next president of South Korea, with a 42.1% approval rating as of April 2012.
Park was born on February 2, 1952 in Samdeok-dong of Jung-gu, Daegu, as the first child of Park Chung-hee and Yuk Young-soo. She has a younger...
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