| Park Seh-jik | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | Olympic Order |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Office1: | Mayor of Seoul |
| Predecessor1: | Goh Kun |
| Successor1: | Rhee Hai-won |
| Order1: | 23rd |
| Term Start1: | 27 December 1990 |
| Term End1: | 18 February 1991 |
| Office2: | President of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee |
| Term Start2: | May 7, 1986 |
| Term End2: | October 2, 1988 |
| Predecessor2: | Roh Tae-woo |
| Successor2: | Pasqual Maragall |
| 1Blankname2: | IOC President |
| 1Namedata2: | Juan Antonio Samaranch |
| Office3: | Chair of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee |
| Term Start3: | May 7, 1986 |
| Term End3: | April 3, 1989 |
| Predecessor3: | Roh Tae-woo |
| Successor3: | Position dissolved |
| Birth Date: | 18 September 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Shikkoku, Keishōhoku-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (today Chilgok, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea) |
| Death Place: | Seoul, South Korea |
| Party: | Democratic Liberal Party |
| Spouse: | Hong Suk-ja |
| Children: | 2 sons and 1 daughter |
| Branch: | Republic of Korea Army |
| Blank1: | Religion |
| Data1: | Protestantism |
| Hangul: | 박세직 |
| Rr: | Bak Sejik |
| Mr: | Pak Sejik |
| Hangulho: | 인동 |
| Rrho: | Indong |
| Mrho: | Indong |
Park Seh-jik (; 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]
Park Seh-jik was born on September 18, 1933, in Shikkoku, Keishōhoku-dō, at the time a part of the Japanese Empire.
Park graduated from the Busan National University of Education. When the Korean War broke out, he enlisted as a soldier and eventually entered the Korea Military Academy, graduating in 1956 with the 12th class. While serving in the military, he received his master's degree from the Graduate School of English Language and Literature at Seoul National University.[3]
Park eventually went on to receive a doctorate in education from the University of Southern California.
Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Administration 8Graduated from Seoul National University Graduate School of Business 11
US Columbia University Honors Philosophy Dr.Doctor of Honor Humanities Science, Tarson University, Maryland State, USHonorary Doctorate in Humanities at Christ Baptist University in Dallas, Texas, USHonorary Doctorate of Humanities at Aiken University, USDoctor of Honorary Education, Daegu UniversityDaejeon University honorary Military Science doctorate degree
On May 7, 1986, Park was appointed and nominated as President of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee to replace Roh Tae-woo before stepping down.
Park was appointed as Mayor of Seoul on December 27, 1990, succeeding Goh Kun. He held the office for 54 days before being succeeded by Lee Haewon on February 18, 1991.
Park was married to Hong Suk-ja. He had three children.
Park died on July 27, 2009, at the age of 75 due to acute pneumonia. He was survived by his wife, Hong Suk-ja, his two sons, and daughter.[4]