Park Choong-hoon

Park Choong-hoon (Korean: 박충훈; January 19, 1919 – March 16, 2001) was a South Korean politician who served as the acting prime minister and acting president of South Korea in 1980.^[2]

Park was born in Jeju-gun, Jeju City and graduated from Gyeongseong No. 1 High School, Doshisha Higher Commercial School, and Korea National Defense University. In 1949, he was commissioned as an officer in the Republic of Korea Air Force, and in 1961 he was promoted to the rank of Major General of the Republic of Korea Air Force. He served as director of Trade Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, vice minister of Commerce and Industry, minister of Commerce and Industry,^[3] and deputy prime minister and minister of the Economic Planning Board in 1967.^[4]

After that, he held positions such as the chairman of the Korea International Trade Association, the chairman of Daewoo, and the chairman of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology. In May 1980, when Prime Minister Shin Hyun-hwak resigned due to the outbreak of the Gwangju Uprising, he was appointed as the acting prime minister.^[5] Upon President Choi Kyu-hah's resignation, Park became the acting president of South Korea. He served in the role from August 16, 1980, until Chun Doo-hwan was elected by the National Conference for Unification on August 27, 1980.^[2][6]

On April 23, 1981, he was elected as an advisory member of the National Advisory Council.^{[citation needed]}