Jeong Seung-hwa

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Korean. (March 2017) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Korean Wikipedia article at [[:ko:정승화]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|ko|정승화}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Jeong Seung-hwa
Jeong Seung-hwa on trial
Birth name	Jeong Seung-hwa
Born	(1929-02-27)27 February 1929[1] Gimcheon, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	12 June 2002(2002-06-12) (aged 73) Seoul, South Korea
Allegiance	South Korea
Service / branch	Republic of Korea Army
Years of service	1947–1979
Rank	General
Commands	Chief of Staff of the Army II Corps Capital Mechanized Infantry Division 3rd Infantry Division 10th Infantry Brigade(Mechanized) 26th Infantry Regiment
Korean name
Hangul	정승화
Hanja	鄭昇和
Revised Romanization	Jeong Seunghwa
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Sŭnghwa

Jeong Seung-hwa (Korean: 정승화; 27 February 1929 – 12 June 2002) was a South Korean general officer, and the 22nd Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army. He was present at the Blue House presidential compound, site of the assassination of President Park Chung-hee, when it took place on 26 October 1979.