Chung Ho-yong

Chung Ho-yong
정호용
鄭鎬溶
Chung Ho-yong; 정호용; 鄭鎬溶
Born	10 September 1931 (age 93); Taegu, Keishōhoku-dō (North Gyeongsang Province), Korea, Empire of Japan
Nationality	South Korean
Political party	Democratic Justice
Spouse	Kim Suk-hwan
Korean name
Hangul	정호용
Hanja	鄭鎬溶
Revised Romanization	Jeong Hoyong
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Hoyong
Art name
Hangul	목우
Hanja	牧牛
Revised Romanization	Mogu
McCune–Reischauer	Mogu

General Chung Ho-yong (Korean: 정호용; Hanja: 鄭鎬溶; born 10 September 1932) is a South Korean politician and army general, who was held the positions of minister of the interior and later minister of defense. He is considered as one of the best friends of Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, who both served as President of South Korea.

In January 1996, Chung was tried over his complicity in the brutal suppression of the Gwangju Uprising. Later that year, he was found guilty of treason. The prosecution requested a life sentence, albeit Chung instead received a 10-year sentence. In December 1997, Chung was released from prison after being pardoned by President Kim Young-sam.^[1]

References

^ Pollack, Andrew (21 December 1997). "New Korean Leader Agrees to Pardon of 2 Ex-Dictators". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

External links

Jeong Ho-yong : Republic of Korea National Assembly - Profile^{[permanent dead link‍]}
역대 정무부처 장차관 (in Korean)
5·6공 주역, 정호용 전 국방장관 :"나는 친구 노태우에게 배신당했다" (in Korean)

Political offices
Preceded by Kim Jong-ho	Interior Minister of South Korea January 1987 – May 1987	Succeeded by Goh Kun
Preceded by Lee Ki-baek	Defense Minister of South Korea July 1987 – December 1988	Succeeded by Oh Ja-bok

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[1] Pollack, Andrew (21 December 1997). "New Korean Leader Agrees to Pardon of 2 Ex-Dictators". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

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