Jeong Seung-hwa

This article is about a general. For the fencer, see Jung Seung-hwa.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Jeong.

Jeong Seung-hwa
Personal details
Born	(1929-02-27)27 February 1929 Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province South Korea
Died
Nationality	South Korean
Political party	Tongil Minjudang
Alma mater	Korea Military Academy
Profession	military officer, politician
Korean name
Hangul	정승화
Hanja	鄭昇和
Revised Romanization	Jeong Seunghwa
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Sŭnghwa

Jeong Seung-hwa (정승화, 鄭昇和; 27 February 1929 – 12 June 2002) 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.

See also

• Coup d'état of December Twelfth
• Chun Doo-hwan
• Roh Tae-woo
• Jang Tae-wan
• Park Chung-hee assassination