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Park Chung Hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.

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Park Chung Hee

President of South Korea from 1961 to 1979

Park Chung Hee was a South Korean politician and army officer who served as the third president of South Korea from 1962 after he seized power in the May 16 coup of 1961 until his assassination in 1979. His regime oversaw a period of intense economic growth and transformation,…
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May 16 coup

1961 military coup in South Korea

The May 16 military coup d'état was a military coup d'état in South Korea in 1961, organized and carried out by Park Chung Hee and his allies who formed the Military Revolutionary Committee, nominally led by Army Chief of Staff Chang Do-yong after the latter's acquiescence on…
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Second Republic of Korea

Government of South Korea from 1960 to 1961

The Second Republic of Korea was the government of South Korea from June 1960 to May 1961.
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