page_title: Park Geun-hye
section_title: Positions
hierarchical_section_title: Park Geun-hye / Political career / Positions
caption_attribution_description: Children’s Day in Cheong Wa Dae President Park (center) smiles and shows a self-portrait drawn by a girl named Gwon Ji-yun Cheong Wa Dae, Seoul 2013.05.05. -Related Korea.net Article- “President Park encourages children to realize their dreams” www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Sci-Tech/view?articleId=107654 Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Korean Culture and Information Service Korea.net Newsroom Jeon Han 제91회 어린이날 어린이날 청와대 초청행사 5일 권지윤 어린이에게 초상화를 선물받은 박근혜 대통령이 자신의 초상화를 어린이들에게 보여주며 환하게 웃고 있다. 청와대 문화체육관광부 해외문화홍보원 코리아넷 전한
context_page_description: Park Geun-hye is a former South Korean politician who served as 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 founding of First Republic of Korea; her predecessors were born either during the Joseon dynasty, Japanese rule or during the post-World War II American occupation. 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.
  Before her presidency, Park was chairwoman of the conservative Grand National Party 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 via national list in June 2012. In 2013 and 2014, Park ranked 11th on the Forbes list of the world's 100 most powerful women and the most powerful woman in East Asia.
context_section_description: In a 2012 survey by Korean Research assessing the political stance of 12 potential presidential candidates of South Korea, Park was considered the most conservative candidate. Her conservative, market-oriented political stance was well reflected in her campaign pledge for 2008 presidential bid to cut taxes, reduce regulation, and establish strong law and order. Since 2009, however, Park started to focus more on welfare issues, advocating customized welfare services to the South Korean people.
  Park was well known for her strict adherence to political promises. In 2010, for example, she successfully stopped the Lee administration's attempt to cancel the plan to establish Sejong City, a new national center of administration, arguing that the plan was a promise made to the people. This conflict between Park and the Lee Administration cost her a considerable decrease in her approval rating at the time. In 2012, Park also vowed to construct a new airport in the southeastern region, a 2008 presidential campaign promise made by GNP but cancelled in 2011, despite claims of economic infeasibility of the plan.
  The administrative vision of Park's new government was "a new era of hope and happiness". The five Administrative Goals of the government were "a jobs-centered creative economy", "tailored employment and welfare", "creativity-oriented education and cultural enrichment", "a safe and united society" and "strong security measures for sustainable peace on the Korean Peninsula". The Park Geun-hye administration planned to create a trustworthy, clean, and capable government through carrying out these goals, related strategies, and tasks.
  Park chose not to vote in the 2017 South Korean presidential election.
caption: Park (center) smiles and shows a portrait drawn by a girl in Cheong Wa Dae, Seoul, at Children's Day 5 May 2013
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