Park Choong-hoon
{{Short description|South Korean politician (1919–2001)}}
{{family name hatnote|Park|lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Park Choong-hoon
| native_name = 박충훈
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| office = Acting President of South Korea
| term_start = August 16, 1980
| term_end = September 1, 1980
| primeminister = Himself {{small|(acting)}}
| predecessor = Choi Kyu-hah
| successor = Chun Doo-hwan
| office1 = Acting Prime Minister of South Korea
| term_start1 = May 22, 1980
| term_end1 = September 1, 1980{{cite web|url=https://www.opm.go.kr/en/prime/former_prime.do|title=Former Prime Ministers|access-date=November 18, 2024|website=www.opm.go.kr}}
| president1 = Choi Kyu-hah
Himself {{small|(acting)}}
| predecessor1 = Shin Hyun-hwak
| successor1 = Nam Duck-woo
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|1|19}}
| birth_place = Jeju City, [[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea,
Empire of Japan]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|3|16|1919|1|19}}
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Doshisha Higher Commercial School
Korea National Defense University
| office2 = Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of the Economic Planning Board
| termstart2 = 3 October 1967
| termend2 = 3 June 1969
| predecessor2 = Chang Ki-young
| successor2 = Kim Hak-ryul
| leader = Chun Doo-hwan
| leader1 = Chun Doo-hwan
| honorific_prefix = His Excellency
}}
Park Choong-hoon ({{langx|ko|박충훈}}; January 19, 1919{{spnd}}March 16, 2001) was a South Korean politician who served as the acting prime minister and acting president of South Korea in 1980.{{cite web|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240315004300320|title= Today in Korean history|date=March 15, 2024|access-date=November 17, 2024|website=Yonhap News Agency}}
Biography
Park was born in Jeju-gun, Jeju City and graduated from Gyeongseong No. 1 High School, Doshisha Higher Commercial School, and Korea National Defense University. In 1949, he was commissioned as an officer in the Republic of Korea Air Force, and in 1961 he was promoted to the rank of Major General of the Republic of Korea Air Force. He served as director of Trade Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, vice minister of Commerce and Industry, minister of Commerce and Industry,{{cite web|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2015/09/06/etc/How-Park-came-to-love-exports-businessmen/3008845.html|title= How Park came to love exports, businessmen|date=September 6, 2015|access-date=November 18, 2015|website=Korea JoongAng Daily}} and deputy prime minister and minister of the Economic Planning Board in 1967.{{cite web|url=https://english.moef.go.kr/co/selectAboutMosf.do?boardCd=C0017#link|title= Economic Planning Board (1961 - 1994)|date=May 11, 2022|access-date=November 18, 2024}}
After that, he held positions such as the chairman of the Korea International Trade Association, the chairman of Daewoo, and the chairman of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology. In May 1980, when Prime Minister Shin Hyun-hwak resigned due to the outbreak of the Gwangju Uprising, he was appointed as the acting prime minister.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/06/05/s-korean-military-begins-campaign-to-win-public-trust-bolster-prestige|title=S. Korean Military Begins Campaign To Win Public Trust, Bolster Prestige|date=June 4, 1980|access-date=November 18, 2024|newspaper=The Washington Post|last=Chapman|first=William}} Upon President Choi Kyu-hah's resignation, Park became the acting president of South Korea. He served in the role from August 16, 1980, until Chun Doo-hwan was elected by the National Conference for Unification on August 27, 1980.{{Cite web |title=27. South Korea (1948-present) |url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/home/research-projects/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/south-korea-1948-present/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=uca.edu |language=en-US}}
On April 23, 1981, he was elected as an advisory member of the National Advisory Council.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
References
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Category:21st-century South Korean people
Category:20th-century South Korean people
Category:People from Jeju City
Category:Doshisha University alumni
Category:South Korean Protestants
Category:Acting presidents of South Korea
Category:Third Republic of Korea
Category:Deputy prime ministers of South Korea
Category:prime ministers of South Korea