Park Geun-hye (1952-) is a South Korean politician, the current President of the Republic of Korea, and the eldest daughter of the late former President Park Chung-hee. His father, Park Chung-hee, was the fifth to ninth president of South Korea and the creator of the "Miracle on the Han River". In the 2012 presidential election of the Republic of Korea, Park Geun-hye won and became the first female president in South Korea's history.

Park Geun-hye graduated from the Department of Electronic Engineering of Sogang University. Pukyong University and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology awarded honorary doctorates respectively, and Sogang University received the title of honorary doctorate. Park Geun-hye is proficient in Chinese and likes Chinese philosophy. Feng Youlan's book "History of Chinese Philosophy" has had a lifelong impact on her. On August 15, 1974, her mother was assassinated. As the eldest daughter, Park Geun-hye hurriedly returned to South Korea from France and temporarily assumed the role of first lady. On October 26, 1979, then President Park Chung-hee was assassinated by Central Intelligence Minister Kim Jae-gyu. He was 62 years old. The prominent first family has cast an indescribable shadow, and Park Geun-hye's health has been deeply damaged. Twenty years later she returned to politics.

On May 24, 2005, Park Geun-hye visited Beijing and met with Hu Jintao, then General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of China.

Park Geun-hye’s mother, Lu Yingxiu, believed in Buddhism, and Park Geun-hye followed suit and worshiped the Buddha constantly. In 2005, he received the Buddhist title Seondeokhwa at Donghwasa Temple in Daegu, which means following the "brilliance of Queen Seondeokhwa". Park Geun-hye was also baptized as a Catholic and is tolerant of different religions. She currently has no religious affiliation. From 2011 to 2012, she once again served as the leader of the Saenuri Party and chairperson of the Extraordinary Countermeasures Committee (the Grand National Party was renamed the Saenuri Party in February 2012). On December 19, 2012, Park Geun-hye defeated lawyer Moon Jae-in of the Democratic United Party with 51.6% of the vote and was elected as the 18th president of the Republic of Korea and the first female president in Korean history[9].

Park Geun-hye created five firsts in South Korea: the first female president; the first second-generation president (father-daughter president); the first unmarried president (also without children); the first The president who received more than half of the votes and the highest number of votes (since South Korea was democratized in 1987); the first president to major in engineering.

Park Geun-hye is still unmarried and has no children. Her calm and calm personality, coupled with the prominent brand of "Park Chung-hee's daughter", makes her aspire to become South Korea's Mrs. Thatcher. She once famously said: "I have no parents, no husband, no children. The country is the only one I hope to serve!" She is known as "the woman married to the country" by the world.

Park Geun-hye Research Association

The Park Geun-hye Research Association is a research group composed of high-end talents from various fields of society such as public opinion, culture, and high-end industries. It is committed to studying the ideas proposed by Park Jin-hye. political philosophy and policies.