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 government 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of South Korea
human
military officer
politician
birthDate 1931-01-18
birthPlace Hapcheon County NERFINISHED
Korea under Japanese rule
South Gyeongsang Province NERFINISHED
burialPlace Daejeon National Cemetery NERFINISHED
cameToPowerBy military coup
causeOfDeath chronic illness
convictedOf corruption
mutiny
treason
convictionDate 1996
countryOfCitizenship South Korea NERFINISHED
coupDate 1979-12
deathDate 2021-11-23
educatedAt Korea Military Academy NERFINISHED
era Fifth Republic of South Korea NERFINISHED
governmentTypeDuringRule authoritarian regime
implemented Fifth Republic Constitution NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
militaryRank General
name Chun Doo-hwan NERFINISHED
Jeon Du-hwan NERFINISHED
nativeName 전두환 NERFINISHED
notableEvent Gwangju Uprising NERFINISHED
numberOfChildren 3
pardonedBy President Kim Young-sam NERFINISHED
pardonYear 1997
placeOfDeath Seoul NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
responsibleFor military suppression of the Gwangju Uprising
sentence death sentence
sentenceCommutedTo life imprisonment
spouse Lee Soon-ja NERFINISHED
succeededBy Roh Tae-woo NERFINISHED
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
this entity surface form: Chun Doo-hwan government
May 18 Democratic Uprising opposed Chun Doo-hwan