User:Dckewon5131/박정욱 (1894년)

Park Jeongwook (October 19, 1894 ~ ? ) He was a government official during the Japanese occupation.

Life
He was from Wando-gun, South Jeolla Province. In 1916, he graduated from Suwon High School of Agriculture and Forestry and passed the examination to become an official of the Joseon Governor-General. At that time, he began his management life in Jeju Island, which belonged to Jeollanam-do, through an apprenticeship with a judge.

In 1917, he was promoted to military secretary and worked in Jeju-gun, then worked as a military secretary in Yeongam-gun and Gwangju-gun after passing through his hometown of Seogi in Wando-gun. In 1931, he was promoted to the head of the Seomugye in Hampyeong-gun, and in that year, he was promoted to the head of the Governor-General's Office again and was appointed as the head of Hwasun-gun.

In 1935, when he was serving as the head of Hwasun-gun, he was included as one of 353 Korean contributors in the Joseon Meritorious Self-Confession, compiled by the Governor-General. In this booklet, there is also a review of the person who is the best manager as a local official. As of 1941, he was appointed as the head of Jangseong-gun following Hwasun-gun, and was ranked sixth in rank, Hun sixth, as he was in office.

It was included in the bureaucracy category among the list of prospective people to be included in the pro-Japanese life dictionary of the National Research Institute released in 2008.

Reference

 * Park Jeong-wook - National History Compilation Committee