Chang Do-yong
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Chang Do-yong was a South Korean general, politician and professor who, as the Army Chief of Staff, played a decisive role in the May 16 coup and was the first chairman of the interim Supreme Council
Chang Do-yong giving a speech 4 days after the coup on 20 May 1961. Park Chung Hee, then his deputy, is on the right side of the photo.
The Supreme Council for National Reconstruction was the ruling military junta of South Korea from May 1961 to December 1963.
General Chang Do-yong served as the first Chairman of the Supreme Council from May to July 1961.
