Park Hae-ja

{{family name hatnote|Park||lang=Korean}}{{Infobox officeholder

| native_name = {{nobold|박혜자}}

| office = President of the Korea Education Research Information Service

| minister = Yoo Eun-hae

| party = Democratic

| office1 = Member of the National Assembly

| constituency1 = Gwangju Seo A

| termend1 = 29 May 2016

| termstart1 = 30 May 2012

| termstart = 16 April 2019

| alma_mater = Ewha Womans University
University of Oregon
University of Seoul

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|05|23|df=y}}

| predecessor = Han Suk-soo

| predecessor1 = Cho Young-taek

| successor1 = Song Ki-seok

| successor = Suh You-mi

| termend = 30 November 2021

}}

Park Hae-ja ({{Korean|hangul=박혜자|hanja=朴惠子|rr=|mr=}}; born 23 May 1956) is a South Korean politician and a former professor of administration at Honam University currently serving as the 10th - and the first woman - President of KERIS, Korea Education & Research Information Service.{{Cite web|date=2019-04-16|title=한국교육학술정보원장에 박혜자 박사 취임|url=https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/2019041609355343768|access-date=2020-08-02|website=아시아경제|language=ko}}

From 1989 Park had been teaching administration at Honam University for over two decades{{Cite web|date=2004-01-13|title=[호남] 박혜자교수"복지시스템 만들겠다"|url=https://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2004/01/13/2004011370495.html|access-date=2020-08-02|website=The Chosun Ilbo|language=ko}} and also served as Dean of its School of Humanities & Social Science.{{Cite web|date=2019-04-15|title=한국교육학술정보원장에 박혜자 전 국회의원 취임|url=http://www.edupress.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=3636|access-date=2020-08-02|website=에듀프레스(edupress)|language=ko}} Park also worked at South Jeolla Provincial government as its head of Women and Welfare Bureau for 4 years which was unusual for non-state exam takers to have their tenure extended.{{Cite web|last=www.etnews.com|date=2019-08-01|title=[데스크가 만났습니다]박혜자 KERIS 원장 "에듀테크 촉진은 내 소명...KERIS 존재도 알리겠다"|url=https://www.etnews.com/20190801000322?SNS=00002|access-date=2020-08-02|website=대한민국 IT포털의 중심! 이티뉴스|language=ko}}

After serving 4 years at the National Assembly from Gwangju from 2012 to 2016, Park failed to earn her party's nomination twice for her re-election - in 2016 general election and 2018 bi-election.{{Cite web|date=2016-03-19|title=더민주, 이목희·박혜자 탈락…광주는 현역공천 '제로'|url=http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/politics/assembly/735814.html|access-date=2020-08-02|website=The Hankyoreh|language=ko}}{{Cite web|date=2018-05-02|title="공천=당선 생각이 당에 독 된다"…민주당 높은 지지율 역설|url=https://news.joins.com/article/22586796|access-date=2020-08-02|website=JoongAng Ilbo|language=ko}}

In 2017 she worked for President Moon Jae-in as a spokesperson of his presidential campaign.{{Cite web|date=2018-02-13|title=박혜자 "문재인 정부, 광주의 대변인은 '바로 나'"|url=https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/2018021311462024811|access-date=2020-08-02|website=아시아경제|language=ko}}

In 2021 Park resigned from the KERIS reportedly to run for the next Education Superintendent for Gwangju.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-30 |title=박혜자 한국교육학술정보원장 사퇴 .. 내년 광주교육감 선거 출마할 듯 |url=http://www.edupress.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=8258 |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=에듀프레스(edupress) |language=ko}}

Park holds four degrees - a bachelor and a master's in politics from Ewha Womans University, a Master of Science from University of Oregon and a doctorate in administration from University of Seoul.