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Chun Doo-hwan
President of South Korea from to
In this Korean name, the family name is Chun.
Chun Doo-hwan (Korean:&#;전두환; [tɕʌndu.ɦwɐn]; 18 January – 23 November ) was a South Korean politician, army general and military dictator[2][3][4][5] who served as the fifth president of South Korea from to
Chun usurped power after the assassination of president Park Chung Hee, who was himself a military dictator who had ruled since Chun orchestrated the 12 December military coup, then cemented his military dictatorship in the 17 May military coup in which he declared martial law and later set up a concentration camp for "purificatory education".
He established the Fifth Republic of Korea on 3 March He governed under a constitution somewhat less authoritarian than Park's Fourth Republic, but still held very broad executive power, and used extreme violence to maintain it.
During his tenure, South Korea's economy grew at its highe