Voting Station

Chun Doo Hwan

Please vote to return to collections.

World Leader

The Resume

    (January 18, 1931- )
    Born in Yulgok-myeon, Korea (South)
    Graduated from Korea Military Academy (February 1955)
    Appointed commander of Security Command (1979)
    President of South Korea (September 1, 1980-February 25, 1988)
    Arrested on charges of conspiracy and insurrection (December 3, 1995)
    Sentenced to life imprisonment (April 17, 1997)
    Life imprisonment sentence commuted (December 22, 1997)

Why he might be annoying:

    He took power by coup. (December 12, 1979)
    Afterwards, he imposed martial law all over South Korea.
    When the people of Gwangju revolted against him, he sent the army to massacre them. (May 18-24, 1980)
    The Gwangju Massacre, as it became known, caused a surge of anti-American sentiment in South Korea because of Reagan's support of Chun.
    He sent as many as 60,000 people to Samchung Re-education Camp. (August 1980-January 1981)
    He and Roh Tae Woo amassed 400 billion Won through corruption.
    He tried to make nuclear weapons, but the United States stopped him from doing so.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He came from a poor farming town.
    His oldest two brothers died in an accident when he was just a baby.
    His family fled to Jilin for two years due to his father killing a Japanese police captain after several run-ins with the police. (1939-1941)
    He annulled 'guilt by association' laws. (September 1980)
    He was the target of a failed assassination attempt by North Korea while on a state visit to Rangoon that killed 21 and injured 46. (<28010>October<2/8010> 9, 1983)
    He believed that criminals who have served their time shouldn't go back to mainstream society immediately.
    Under his presidency, color TV was first broadcasted in South Korea.

Credit: Big Lenny


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 32 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 86 Votes: 50.0% Annoying