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Republic of Korea
대한민국 大韓民國
1972–1981
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Anthem: 애국가 "Aegukga"
National seal "국새"
Capital
Seoul
Common languages
Korean
Government
Unitary presidential republic under an authoritarian military dictatorship
President
• 1972–1979
Park Chung Hee
• 1979–1980
Choi Kyu-hah
• 1980–1981
Chun Doo-hwan
Prime Minister
• 1972–1975
Kim Jong-pil
• 1975–1979
Choi Kyu-hah
• 1979–1980
Shin Hyun-hwak
• 1980–1981
Nam Duck-woo
Legislature
National Assembly
Historical era
Cold War
• Established
21 November 1972
• Disestablished
3 March 1981
Currency
South Korean won
Preceded by
Succeeded by
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The Fourth Republic of Korea (Korean: 제4공화국; RR: Je sa Gonghwaguk; lit. "Fourth Republic") was the government of South Korea from November 1972 to March 1981.
The Fourth Republic was founded on the approval of the Yushin Constitution in the 1972 constitutional referendum, codifying the de facto dictatorial powers held by President Park Chung Hee, and succeeding the Third Republic. Park and his Democratic Republican Party ruled under the centralized and authoritarian Yushin System until the assassination of Park on 26 October 1979. The Fourth Republic entered a period of political instability under Park's successor, Choi Kyu-hah, and the escalating martial law declared after Park's death. Choi was unofficially overthrown by Chun Doo-hwan in the coup d'état of December Twelfth in December 1979, and began the armed suppression of the Gwangju Uprising against martial law. Chun launched the coup d'état of May Seventeenth in May 1980, establishing a military dictatorship under the National Council for Reunification and dissolving the National Assembly, and was elected president by the council in the August 1980 presidential election. The Fourth Republic was dissolved on the adoption of a new constitution in March 1981 and replaced with the Fifth Republic of Korea.
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