Jeongi Park

Former soldier in the Republic of Korea Army . The final rank of captain, the final position is the commander of the 1st Field Army

Born in 1952. Born in Hongseong-gun, Chungcheongnam-do , after graduating from Pyeongtaek High School (18th class), he was commissioned in the 32nd class of the Military Academy in 1976 .[1] His religion is Buddhism.

Like former Ministers of Defense Kim Kwan - jin and Kim Tae- young, he passed the exam to study abroad in Germany, which selects only one of the ranks of the army, and later graduated from the German Military Academy. article

Afterwards, he graduated from the Department of German Language and Literature at Sogang University in 1980 as an education entrusted to the military.

He has a high reputation for perfect work handling based on a strong sense of responsibility and a reputation as a bold commander who is tolerant to his subordinates.

He began his military career as a platoon leader in the 2nd Battalion, 37th Regiment, 12th Division, and participated in the Gangneung Armed Air Defense Force infiltration operation while serving as commander of the 55th Regiment, 22nd Division. He later served as head of the policy coordination department in the policy office at the Army Headquarters.

In November 2001, he was promoted to brigadier general and served as commander of the 13th Airborne Brigade and chief of staff of the Capital Defense Command. In November 2004, he was promoted again to major general and served as commander of the 20th Mechanized Infantry Division and chief of the Operations Department of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In the Lee Myung-bak administration's first appointment, he was promoted to lieutenant general, commander of the Capital Defense Command and head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's Power Development Headquarters.[2] took charge of the back.


On April 4, 2010, Park Jeong-i, then Vice Admiral and Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Power Development Headquarters, was briefing on the salvage operation of the Cheonan, which sank after being hit, at the Ministry of National Defense building in the Republic of Korea. He was one of the main characters who led the scientific investigation as the head of the military side of the joint civil-military investigation team during the investigation into the cause of the sinking of the Cheonan . At this time, North Korea's torpedo propeller was recovered from the waters off Baengnyeong Island, and it was revealed that the sinking of the Cheonan was clearly the work of North Korea.


He is famous for being one of the few generals who raised his hand for wearing a dog tag during Liberty Forward Party lawmaker Lee Jin-sam's "dog tag statement" during a meeting held by the National Assembly's National Defense Committee on April 30 of the same year to determine the cause of the sinking of the Cheonan (the two with their hands on the left of the photo) (right) among the generals. During a question-and-answer session at the meeting, Rep. Lee Jin-sam mentioned the issue of soldiers' discipline.[3] He asked Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lee Sang and Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Kim Seong-chan in turn, “Are you wearing your dog tags?” They answered, “I wasn’t wearing it,” and then asked the 26 generals and warrant officers sitting in the back, “Please raise your hand if you are wearing a dog tag.” At this time, General Park Jeong-i was one of three or four generals who raised their hands and said they were wearing dog tags .


From the '19 second part' of the video


General Park Jeong-yi, who took office as the commander of the Army's 1st Field Army, inspects the soldiers of the unit.

In June 2010, General Jeong Seung- jo, a classmate of the Korean Army and commander of the 1st Field Army at the time , was transferred to the position of deputy commander of the ROK-US Combined Forces Command. Accordingly, his contribution to the investigation of the truth about the Cheonan was reflected, and he was promoted to captain on the 16th of the same month and awarded the title of 1st Field Army Commander. It is evaluated that he is suitable as a front-line field military commander at a time like the present when tensions due to North Korea's armed provocations are heightened.[4][5]

In the second half of 2011, Park Seong- gyu[6] Lieutenant General was promoted to general and appointed as the successor commander, and during his tenure of 1 year and 4 months, Captain Park Jeong-i established the readiness to end field operations and established a perfect integrated situational response system. After 36 years of military service, he retired from service.

Although he is an FM soldier that everyone recognizes, it is said that thanks to this, his subordinates had a hard time knowingly or unknowingly. There are many times when I am admired for thorough self-management, such as group walking in the morning and afternoon without exception, and meditation before waking up, but it is not common to practice it...[7] However, he demonstrated leadership by example rather than authority or coercion.

Within the Army, he formed a line that could almost be called the Four Heavenly Kings, and this was the line of command he had when he was a division commander. He was so outstanding that he and his three immediate superiors were all called the Four Heavenly Kings of the Republic of Korea Army, and all of the generals mentioned below were promoted to captain.

Even after being discharged, he is having a schedule that is as busy as during his active duty days.

In the 19th presidential election in 2017 , he was recruited as the permanent co -chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's candidate Hong Joon -pyo, and Hong Joon -pyo also disclosed some Shadow Cabinet, saying that he would use President Park Jung -yi as the Secretary of Defense and the former Governor Kim Moon -soo as the Minister of Employment and Labor.

He is conducting research activities related to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Buddhism, and the military, and is actively engaged in activities based on academic knowledge as a researcher at the Korea Institute of Military Affairs. (as of September 22)