Ruler · 1931 – 2021

Chun Doo-hwan

Lived 1931 – 2021; politician. De facto leader of South Korea (South Korea), 1979 and 1 more term; also in the line of Fourth Republic of Korea and Fifth Republic of Korea.

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Lived: 1931 – 2021; 90 years
In office: 1 year; 2 reigns
Lines: 3; states
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

De facto leader of South Korea

South Korea · the 7th and 9th of 19 dated reigns · 1948 – 2025 · read from the line of Fourth Republic of Korea

3 before

Gwak Sanghun1960

Yun Po-sun1960 – 1962

Park Chung Hee1963 – 1979

Chun Doo-hwan1979

Choi Kyu-hah1979

Chun Doo-hwan1980 – 1981

Roh Tae-woo1988 – 1993

Kim Young-sam1993 – 1998

Kim Dae-jung1998 – 2003

7 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1979 · under a year · term 1 of 2

Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

Reigned 1980 – 1981 · 1 year · came to it aged 49 · term 2 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1981; they died in 2021

Also in the line of Fourth Republic of Korea (2nd of 4, read from the line of South Korea) and Fifth Republic of Korea (1st of 3, read from the line of Fourth Republic of Korea).

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