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Jan 18, 1931 Hapcheon County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea 93 years old
Korean politician and army general
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About Chun Doo Hwan
- Chun Doo-hwan (Korean pronunciation: [t??n.du.?wan] or [t??n] [tu.?wan]; born 18 January 1931) is a former South Korean army general who served as the President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988, ruling as an unelected coup leader from December 1979 to September 1980 and as elected president from 1980 to 1988.
- Chun was sentenced to death in 1996 for his role in the Gwangju Massacre but was later pardoned by President Kim Young-sam, with the advice of then President-elect Kim Dae-jung, whom Chun's administration had sentenced to death some 20 years earlier.
