INTERNATIONAL
PROFILE
PROFILE OF PRESIDENT 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
- 1970
- Graduated from Sacred Heart Girls' High School, Seoul, Korea
- 1974
- BS in Electronic Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
- 1987
- Honorary Doctorate in Literature, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2008
- Honorary Doctorate in Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
- 2008
- Honorary Doctorate in Politics, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea
- 2010
- Honorary Doctorate in Politics, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
- 2014
- Honorary Doctorate in Law, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
- 2016
- Honorary Doctorate in Natural Sciences, University of Paris VI (University Pierre and Marie Curie), France
Career
- 1974-1979
- Acting First Lady
- 1974-2012
- Director of the Yook Young-soo Memorial Foundation
- 1994-to date
- Member of the Korean Writers' Association
- 1998-2000
- Lawmaker in the 15th National Assembly
- Member of the Commerce, Industry and Energy Committee
- Member of the Special Committee on Women's Affairs
- 1998-2002
- Vice-chairperson of the Grand National Party
- 2000-2004
- Lawmaker in the 16th National Assembly
- Member of the Unification, Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee
- Member of the Gender Equality and FamilyAffairs Committee
- Member of the Science, Technology, Information and Telecommunication Committee
- 2002, May-Nov.
- Party President of the Korea Coalition for the Future
- 2003
- Chairperson of the Grand National Party's Presidential Election Committee
- Member of the Standing Steering Committee of the Grand National Party
- 2004-2008
- Lawmaker in the 17th National Assembly Member of the National Defense Committee
- Member of the Government Administration and Local Autonomy Committee
- Member of the Environment and Labor Committee
- 2004, March-2006
- Chairperson of the Grand National Party
- 2007
- Candidate in Grand National Party presidential
- Primary for the 17th Presidential Election
- 2008-2012
- Lawmaker in the 18th National Assembly
- Member of the Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Committee
- Member of the Strategy and Finance Committee
- 2011, Dec.-May 2012
- Chairperson of the Emergency Committee of the Saenuri Party
- 2012, May-Dec.
- Lawmaker in the 19th National Assembly
- 2012, Aug.-Dec.
- Presidential Candidate of the Saenuri Party in the 18th Presidential Election
- 2012, Dec.
- Elected President for the 18th Presidential Term
- 2013, Feb.-to date
- President of the Republic of Korea