Park Chung-hee ( ; 14 November 1917 – 26 October 1979 ) was a South Korean politician and general who served as the President of South Korea from 1963 until his assassination in 1979 , assuming that office after first ruling the country as head of a military dictatorship installed by the May 16 military coup d'état in 1961 . Before his presidency , he was the chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction from 1961 to 1963 after a career as a military leader in the South Korean army
his assassination
Assassination of Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee