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.
Park Chung Hee
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Park Chung Hee was a South Korean politician and army officer who served as the third president of South Korea from 1962 after he seized power in the May 16 coup of 1961 until his assassination in 197
Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
…Assembly and most political freedoms, and founding the Korean Central Intelligence Agency to combat pro-North Korean and other anti-government activity. Park Chung Hee served as Chairman of the Supreme Council from July 1961 until his victory in the 1963 South Korean presidential election, and the Supreme Council was…
Official portrait, 1970
Part of Park's childhood home. Park was born in the sarangchae depicted here. He slept and studied here (except while away in secondary school) until 1937.
Park's graduation photo from Taegu Normal School in 1937