Chun Doo-hwan

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Chun Doo-hwan was a South Korean army general who seized power in a 1979 coup and served as the country's authoritarian president throughout the 1980s.

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Chun Doo-hwan canonical 4
Chun Doo-hwan government 3
military-backed government of Chun Doo-hwan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of South Korea
human
military officer
politician
birthDate 1931-01-18
birthPlace Hapcheon County
Korea under Japanese rule
South Gyeongsang Province
burialPlace Daejeon National Cemetery
cameToPowerBy military coup
causeOfDeath chronic illness
convictedOf corruption
mutiny
treason
convictionDate 1996
countryOfCitizenship South Korea
coupDate 1979-12
deathDate 2021-11-23
educatedAt Korea Military Academy
era Fifth Republic of South Korea
governmentTypeDuringRule authoritarian regime
implemented Fifth Republic Constitution
involvedIn 12 December 1979 coup d'état
May 17, 1980 coup
knownFor authoritarian rule in South Korea
economic growth policies in the 1980s
militaryBranch Republic of Korea Army
militaryRank General
name Chun Doo-hwan
Jeon Du-hwan
nativeName 전두환
linked to: Chun Doo-hwan
notableEvent Gwangju Uprising
numberOfChildren 3
pardonedBy President Kim Young-sam
linked to: Kim Young-sam
pardonYear 1997
placeOfDeath Seoul
politicalIdeology anti-communism
positionHeld Director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency
Head of the Defense Security Command
President of South Korea
precededBy Choi Kyu-hah
religion Roman Catholicism
responsibleFor military suppression of the Gwangju Uprising
sentence death sentence
sentenceCommutedTo life imprisonment
spouse Lee Soon-ja
succeededBy Roh Tae-woo
termEnd 1988-02-24
termStart 1980-09-01

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1986 Asian Games openingDeclaredBy Chun Doo-hwan
Gwangju Uprising perpetrator Chun Doo-hwan government
linked to: Chun Doo-hwan
May 18 Democratic Uprising opposed Chun Doo-hwan
Chun Doo-hwan name Chun Doo-hwan
Chun Doo-hwan nativeName 전두환
linked to: Chun Doo-hwan
June Democratic Uprising (as activist and lawyer) opposed military-backed government of Chun Doo-hwan
linked to: Chun Doo-hwan
June Democratic Uprising of 1987 in South Korea opposedBy Chun Doo-hwan government
linked to: Chun Doo-hwan
South Korean democracy movement opposedRegime Chun Doo-hwan government
linked to: Chun Doo-hwan