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'''Park Geunhye''' (born February 2, 1952) is a [[South Korea]]n politician. She served as the [[President of South Korea]] from 2013 until her [[impeachment]] in 2017. She is the second daughter of [[Park Chung-hee]], former President of [[South Korea]]. On December 19, 2012, she was elected president of
the country. She was the first woman president of South Korea, having taken office on February 25, 2013.<ref>{{cite
In 2013 and 2014, Park was named the world's 11th most powerful woman and the most powerful woman in [[East Asia]] by ''Forbes'' [[magazine]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The World's 100 Most Powerful Women; 2015 RANKING |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/park-geun-hye/?list=power-women|work=Forbes|accessdate=June 19, 2015}}</ref>
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On 9 December 2016, Park was [[Impeachment of Park Geun-hye|impeached]] by the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] on charges related to influence peddling by a top aide.<ref>{{cite news |author=Choe Sang-hun |date=December 9, 2016 |title=South Korea Parliament Votes to Impeach President Park Geun-hye |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/world/asia/south-korea-president-park-geun-hye-impeached.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=December 9, 2016}}</ref> Her presidential powers and duties have been suspended since the ratification of the impeachment proposal, and [[Prime Minister of South Korea|Prime Minister]] [[Hwang Kyo-ahn]] has assumed those powers and duties as Acting President.<ref name="Yonhap">{{Cite web |url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2015/05/21/0301000000AEN20150521002600315.html |title=Park names Justice Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn as new PM |publisher=[[Yonhap]] |date=21 May 2015 |accessdate=21 May 2015}}</ref> She was officially removed from office on 10 March 2017.<ref name="impeach0310nyt"/>
On 6 April 2018, a three-judge panel of the Central District Court in Seoul sentenced Park to 24 years in prison and a fine of ₩18,000,000,000 (US$16,798,683). The panel said she was guilty of 16 out of 18 charges brought against her.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www2/index.asp | title=The Korea Times - Home }}</ref>
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