Jeong Seung-hwa

Who is Jeong Seung-hwa?

Jeong Seung-hoa was a South Korean soldier, and the 22nd Republic of Korea Army Chief of Staff. He was in Gungjeong-dong during the assassination of President Park Chung-hee.

After President Park's death, Jeong ruled South Korea as the chief martial law administrator. He plotted to exclude political soldiers such as Hanahoe. In result, Hanahoe's members such as Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo committed Coup d'état of December Twelfth and arrested Jeong. Jeong was unjustly accused of the assassination of Park and tortured.

Jeong regained the impaired reputation in 1997, after 17 years from Coup d'état. He died in 2002.