Park Geun-hye (b. February 2, 1952) is a South Korean politician. She is a member of the National Assembly and the head of the conservative Grand National Party. She is also the daughter of former President Park Chung-hee and his wife Yuk Yeong-su. She is now in her third parliamentary term, having first been elected in 1998. Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... National motto: 널리 인간을 이롭게 하라 Translation: Bring benefit to all people Official language Korean Capital Seoul Largest city Seoul President Roh Moo-hyun Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 107th 99,274 km² 0. ... The National Assembly is the South Korean parliament. ... The Grand National Party (Hannaradang) is a conservative, right-wing political party in South Korea. ... Park Chung-hee (September 30, 1917 - October 26, 1979) was President of South Korea from 1961 to 1979. ...

Born in Samdeok-dong, in the Jung-gu district of Daegu, Park now resides in nearby Gumi City. She graduated from Daegu's Seongsim High School in 1970, going on to receive a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Sogang University in 1974. In 1987, she earned her doctoral degree from Chinese Culture University in Taiwan. Daegu is the 4th largest metropolitan area in South Korea, and is officially called Daegu Metropolitan City. ... Gumi is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. ... Electrical engineering - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Chinese Culture University is a private university at Huagang of Shilin District, Taipei. ...

From her mother's death in 1974 to her father's death in 1979, Park played the role of South Korea's first lady. Park was also the president of Yeungnam University from 1982 to 1991. A First Lady is the female spouse of an elected male head of state such as a President, Prime Minister, Premier or Governor. ... Yeungnam University is one of the largest universities in South Korea outside of Seoul. ...

See also

• Politics of South Korea
• List of Koreans
• List of Korea-related topics

Government South Korea is a republic with powers shared between the President of South Korea and the legislature called the National Assembly. ... This is a list of famous Koreans or famous people of Korean descent. ... This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ...

External links

• Official website, in Korean
• Critical articles