<P> Park Geun - hye ( Hangul : 박근혜 ; Hanja : 朴槿惠 ; RR : Bak Geun ( - ) hye ; IPA : ( pak ‿ k͈ɯn. hje ) ; born 2 February 1952 ) is a former South Korean politician who served as the 18th President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017 . Park was the first woman to be President of South Korea and also the first female president popularly elected as head of state in East Asia . She was also the first South Korean president to be born after the country 's founding ; her predecessors were either born during Japanese rule or during the post-World War II transitional period . </P>
<P> Park Geun - hye ( Hangul : 박근혜 ; Hanja : 朴槿惠 ; RR : Bak Geun ( - ) hye ; IPA : ( pak ‿ k͈ɯn. hje ) ; born 2 February 1952 ) is a former South Korean politician who served as the 18th President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017 . Park was the first woman to be President of South Korea and also the first female president popularly elected as head of state in East Asia . She was also the first South Korean president to be born after the country 's founding ; her predecessors were either born during Japanese rule or during the post-World War II transitional period . </P>
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Park Geun - hye
Park Geun - hye