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PROFILE OF PRESIDENT
Place of Family Register
107 Park Chung-hee-ro, Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do
Place of Birth
25 Dongseong-ro 5-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu
Date of Birth
February 2, 1952
Park Geun-hye
Place of Family Register
107 Park Chung-hee-ro, Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do
Place of Birth
25 Dongseong-ro 5-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu
Date of Birth
February 2, 1952
Education and Honorary Degrees
Graduated from Sacred Heart Girls' High School, Seoul, Korea
"1974 BS in Electronic Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea"
Honorary Doctorate in Literature, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
Honorary Doctorate in Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
Honorary Doctorate in Politics, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea
Honorary Doctorate in Politics, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Honorary Doctorate in Law, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
Honorary Doctorate in Natural Sciences, University of Paris VI (University Pierre and Marie Curie), France
Career
Acting First Lady
Director of the Yook Young-soo Memorial Foundation
Member of the Korean Writers' Association
Lawmaker in the 15th-19th National Assemblies
Member of the Commerce, Industry and Energy Committee
Member of the Special Committee on Women's Affairs
Member of the Unification, Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee
Member of the Gender Equality and Family Affairs Committee
Lawmaker in the 15th-19th National Assemblies
Member of the Commerce, Industry and Energy Committee
Member of the Special Committee on Women's Affairs
Member of the Unification, Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee
Member of the Gender Equality and Family Affairs Committee
Member of the Science, Technology, Information and Telecommunication Committee
Member of the National Defense Committee
Member of the Government Administration and Local Autonomy Committee
Member of the Environment and Labor Committee
Member of the Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Committee
Member of the Strategy and Finance Committee
Member of the National Defense Committee
Member of the Government Administration and Local Autonomy Committee
Member of the Environment and Labor Committee
Member of the Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Committee
Member of the Strategy and Finance Committee
Chairperson of the Grand National Party
Chairperson of the Emergency Committee of the Saenuri Party
Candidate in the 18th Presidential Election
Elected President to fill the 18th presidential election
President of the Republic of Korea
Publications
Steeled by Despair, Motivated by Hope
My Mother Yook Young-soo
Befriending Adversity, Truth as the Guiding Light
In the End Only a Fistful, One Speck
Journey of My Mind
If I were Born in an Ordinary Family
The New Spirit Movement
The New Spirit Movement (English edition)