Before her presidency, Park was leader of the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) from 2004 to 2006 and leader of the Saenuri Party from 2011 to 2012. She was also a member of the National Assembly, serving four consecutive parliamentary terms between 1998 and 2012. She started her fifth term as a representative elected via national list in June 2012. In 2013 and 2014, Park ranked 11th on the "Forbes" list of the world's 100 most powerful women and the most powerful woman in East Asia. In 2014, she ranked 46th on the "Forbes" list of the world's most powerful people, the third-highest South Korean on the list, after Lee Kun-hee and Lee Jae-yong.