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Key People

Septimius

Septimius Severus

Roman emperor

Jorge Rafael Videla

president of Argentina

Chun Doo-Hwan, 1985

Chun Doo-Hwan

president of South Korea

Laurent Kabila

president of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Park Chung-Hee

Park Chung-Hee

president of South Korea

John Harding, Baron Harding of Petherton

John Harding, Baron Harding of Petherton

British military officer

Tang Jiyao

Chinese warlord