Chun Doo-hwan

Chun Doo-hwan (1931-2021) was a South Korean army officer who went on to serve as the 11th and 12th President of the Republic of Korea. He seized power through the December 12 military insurrection of 1979 and, the following year, ordered the armed suppression of the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement. He was later found guilty in court for these actions, and his rule stands as a defining chapter of the era of military authoritarianism in modern Korean history.