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( Park Chung-hee)
Park Chung-hee (November 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) was a former ROK Army general and the autocratic dictator[1][2] of the Republic of Korea from 1961 to 1979. He has been credited with the industrialization of the Republic of Korea through export-led growth, but is also criticized for his authoritarian way of ruling the country (especially after 1971). He was named one of the top 100 Asians of the Century by Time Magazine (1999). Park was born in Seonsan, a small town in Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do near Daegu. He was the eighth child (two of whom died in infancy) from a family of modest means. His father was Park Seong-bin (age 46 at the time) and his mother was Baek Nam-hui (age 45).His eldest brother was Park Dong-hee (age 22); second brother was Park Mu-hee (age 19); eldest sister was Park Gwi-hee (age 15); third brother was Park Sang-hee (age 11); fourth brother was Park Han-saeng (age 7); and his youngest sister was Park Jae-hee (age 5). Park came from an undistinguished local branch of Goryeong Park descent group. Park won admission to Daegu Teacher's Gymnasium, which was a favored highschool for prospective primary teachers. He entered on April 8, 1932 and graduated on March 25, 1937, after five years of study. His formative years coincided with the Japanese invasion of China, starting with the Manchurian incident in 1931 and culminating in all-out war in 1937.
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