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President's Park
President's Park
, located in
Washington, D.C.
, encompasses the
White House
,
a visitor center
,
Lafayette Square
, and
The Ellipse
. President's Park was the original name of Lafayette Square. The current President's Park is administered by the
National Park Service
.
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Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee
( 14 November 191726 October 1979) was a
South Korean
president, dictator and military general who led
South Korea
from 1961 until
his assassination
in 1979. Park seized power through the
May 16 coup
, a military
coup d'état
that overthrew the
Second Republic of South Korea
in 1961 and ruled as a
military strongman
at the head of the
Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
until his
election
and inauguration as the
President
of the
Third Republic of South Korea
in 1963. In 1972, Park declared martial law and recast the constitution into a highly authoritarian document, ushering in the
Fourth Republic of South Korea
. After surviving several assassination attempts, including two operations associated with
North Korea
, Park was eventually assassinated on 26 October 1979 by
Kim Jae-gyu
, the chief of his own
security services
. He had led South Korea for 18 years. Park's first-born daughter,
Park Geun-hye
, is the current President of South Korea.
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