Park Hee-tae (; born August 9, 1938) is a South Korean politician. He was a member of the and Speaker of the National Assembly and Minister of Justice. Park resigned due to a bribery scandal. Park was sentenced to 8 months in prison due to the bribery, but he was later pardoned.
Biography Park was born in Namhae County, Korea, Empire of Japan. Before he was elected to the National Assembly, Park was a prosecutor for 20 years. Park was Party Chairman in the July 2008 Grand National Party Convention. Park was first elected to the National Assembly in 1988. Park was elected Speaker of the National Assembly on June 8, 2010. From February 26, 1993, to March 7, 1993, Park was the Minister of Justice.
In January 2012, the Democratic Unity Party started an investigation into accusations that legislators received 3 million won for them voting for Park in the 2008 chairmanship election. On February 9, 2012, Park resigned over the scandal. Prosecutors waited until Park resigned to investigate further into the incident. Park was sentenced to eight months in prison, but was pardoned by President Lee Myung-bak in January 2013. He began teaching at the law school of Konkuk University in the spring semester of 2013.
Election results Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Results 1988 13th National Assembly General Election Namhae-Hadong (South Gyeongsang) DJP 46,381 (52.93%) Won 1992 14th National Assembly General Election Namhae-Hadong (South Gyeongsang) DLP 49,378 (60.22%) Won 1996 15th National Assembly General Election Namhae-Hadong (South Gyeongsang) NKP 49,874 (75.83%) Won 2000 16th National Assembly General Election Namhae-Hadong (South Gyeongsang) GNP 38,615 (59.63%) Won 2004 17th National Assembly General Election Namhae-Hadong (South Gyeongsang) GNP 34,106 (53.50%) Won 2009 2009 By-election Yangsan (South Gyeongsang) GNP 30,801 (38.13%) Won
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