Park Seh-jik

Park Seh-jik
박세직
朴世直
23rd Mayor of Seoul
In office
27 December 1990 – 18 February 1991
Preceded byGoh Kun
Succeeded byRhee Hai-won
President of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee
In office
7 May 1986 – 2 October 1988
IOC PresidentJuan Antonio Samaranch
Preceded byRoh Tae-woo
Succeeded byPasqual Maragall
Chair of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee
In office
7 May 1986 – 3 April 1989
Preceded byRoh Tae-woo
Succeeded byPosition dissolved
Personal details
Born(1933-09-18)18 September 1933
Shikkoku, Keishōhoku-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died27 July 2009(2009-07-27) (aged 75)
Seoul, South Korea
Nationality South Korea
Political partyDemocratic Liberal Party
SpouseHong Suk-ja
Children2 sons and 1 daughter
ReligionProtestantism
Military service
Branch/service Republic of Korea Army
Park Seh-jik
Hangul
박세직
Hanja
朴世直
Revised RomanizationBak Sejik
McCune–ReischauerPak Sejik
Art name
Hangul
인동
Hanja
仁東
Revised RomanizationIndong
McCune–ReischauerIndong

Park Seh-jik (Korean박세직; 18 September 1933 – 27 July 2009) was a South Korean politician, bureaucrat and army general. He held many powerful positions throughout his lifetime, such as the Mayor of Seoul and the Director of Agency for National Security Planning (ANSP), a preceding agency of the National Intelligence Service (NIS). He was President of the Seoul Organizing Committee for the 1986 Asian Games and 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]

He died of acute pneumonia on 27 July 2009.[2]

  1. ^ Hoare, James E. (2015). "Park Seh-jik". Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810870932.
  2. ^ Jung Sung-ki (27 July 2009). "Chief of Veterans' Association Dies". The Korea Times. Retrieved 1 December 2015.