Kim Jae-gyu ( Hangul : 김재규 , March 6 , 1926 – May 24 , 1980 ) was a South Korean Army Lieutenant General and the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency . He assassinated South Korean President Park Chung-hee &mdash; who had been one of his closest friends &mdash; on October 26 , 1979 , and was subsequently executed by hanging on May 24 , 1980
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Assassination of Park Chung-hee
Kim Jae-gyu