Park Geun-hye, born in 1952 in Korea is the eleventh and current president of South Korea. She is the first women president of South Korea. Before she was selected as the president, she was the chairwomen of the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) between 2004 and 2006 and between 2011 and 2012. Her father was Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea from 1963 to 1979