Suh Chung-hwa | |
Birth Date: | 1933 3, df=y |
Birth Place: | Tongyeong, Japanese Korea |
Nationality: | South Korean |
Occupation: | Military officer |
Education: | Republic of Korea Army Infantry School Seoul National University Korea National Defense University Hanyang University |
Party: | DJP NKP GNP |
Office: | Minister of the Interior |
Term Start: | 13 February 1997 |
Term End: | 5 March 1997 |
Predecessor: | Kim Wooseok |
Term Start1: | 2 September 1980 |
Term End1: | 28 April 1982 |
Predecessor1: | Kim Jong-hwan |
Successor1: | Roh Tae-woo |
Office2: | Member of the National Assembly of South Korea for Yongsan |
Term Start2: | 30 May 1988 |
Term End2: | 29 May 2000 |
Office3: | Governor of South Chungcheong Province |
Term Start3: | 2 September 1974 |
Term End3: | 12 January 1976 |
Native Name Lang: | ko |
Suh Chung-hwa (ko|서정화; 4 March 1933 – 17 March 2024) was a South Korean military officer and politician. A member of the Democratic Justice Party, the New Korea Party, and the Grand National Party, he served as Governor of South Chungcheong Province from 1974 to 1976, Minister of the Interior from 1980 to 1982. He resigned as Minister of the Interior after the Woo Bum-kon spree killings, and was replaced by Chun Doo-hwan's close friend, Roh Tae-woo.[1] He would later serve again as Minister of the Interior from February to March 1997,[2] and was a member of the National Assembly from 1988 to 2000.[3]
Suh died on 17 March 2024, at the age of 91.[4]