<Tr> <Th> Revised Romanization </Th> <Td> Bak Geun (-) hye </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> McCune--Reischauer </Th> <Td> Pak Kŭnhye </Td> </Tr> <P> Park Geun - hye (Hangul: 박근혜; Hanja: 朴槿惠; RR: Bak Geun (-) hye; IPA: (pak ‿ k͈ɯn. hje); born 2 February 1952) is a former South Korean politician who served as the 18th President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017 . Park was the first woman to be President of South Korea and also the first female president popularly elected as head of state in East Asia . She was also the first South Korean president to be born after the country's founding; her predecessors were either born during Japanese rule or during the post-World War II transitional period . </P> <P> Prior to her presidency, Park was chairwoman of the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) (which changed its name to Saenuri Party in February 2012) from 2004 to 2006 and 2011 to 2012 . She was also a member of the National Assembly, serving four consecutive parliamentary terms between 1998 and 2012 . She started her fifth term as a representative elected by national list in June 2012 . Her father, Park Chung - hee, was the President of South Korea from 1963 to 1979, serving five consecutive terms after he seized power in 1961 . </P>

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