Yun Bo-seon

This is a Korean name; the family name is Yun.

Yun Bo-seon 윤보선 尹潽善
4th President of South Korea
In office August 13, 1960 – March 22, 1962
Preceded by	Syngman Rhee
Succeeded by	Park Chung-hee
Personal details
Born	August 26, 1897(1897-08-26) Asan, South Chungcheong, Korean Empire
Died	July 18, 1990(1990-07-18) (aged 92)
Nationality	Korean
Political party	Democratic → New Democratic (1960) → New Democratic (1967)
Spouse(s)	Lady Min (1915?-1937), Gong Deok-gwi (1948 - 1990)
Religion	Presbyterianism

Korean name
Hangul	윤보선
Hanja	尹潽善
Revised Romanization	Yun Boseon
McCune–Reischauer	Yun Posŏn
Pen name
Hangul	해위
Hanja	海葦
Revised Romanization	Haewi
McCune–Reischauer	Haewi

Yun Bo-seon (Korea:윤보선, Hanja:尹潽善, August 26, 1897 – July 18, 1990) was a Korean former independence activist and politician, and the President of South Korea from 1960 to 1962. Studying in the UK, he graduated from the University of Edinburgh and gained an M.A., After returning home in 1932. After Gwangbokjeol he was South Korea's Secretary of Chief of Staff, Mayor of Seoul, 1949 to 1950 Commerce Minister, 1959 Supreme Council of the Democratic Party representative. August 1960 he was President of South Korea.

Life

Yun Bo-seon was born in Dunpo, Asan County, Chungcheongnam-do, in 1897. He was a son of Yun Chi-So(윤치소, 1871–1944) and Lady Lee Bum-Sook(이범숙, 1876–1969). Yun graduated with an M.A. from the University of Edinburgh in 1930. He returned home in 1932. Then, he entered politics in 1945 after liberation, having Syngman Rhee as his mentor, the first Doctor of Philosophy from Princeton University, in Korea, whom he could learn moral ethics from. 1947 Yun was South Korea's Secretary of Chief of Staff.

In 1948, Yun was appointed by Rhee as mayor of Seoul. A year later, he was appointed as the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Soon, he started to disagree with Rhee's authoritarian policies. He then served as president of the Red Cross Society, before being elected to the National Assembly in 1954. A year later, he founded the opposition Democratic Party along with several others. 1959 Supreme Council of the Democratic Party representative.

After Rhee's government was ousted by a student-led pro-democracy uprising, Yun was elected president on August 13, 1960. He was merely a figurehead, as South Korea had switched to a parliamentary system in response to the authoritarian excesses of Rhee's regime. After Park Chung Hee's coup in 1961, he stayed on briefly to provide legitimacy to the regime, but resigned on March 22, 1962. He opposed Park's authoritarian rule and ran for president twice in 1963 and 1967, losing each time. After receiving suspended sentences several times for anti-government activities, Yun retired from politics in 1980 and focused primarily on cultural activities until his death from diabetic conditions and high blood pressure in 1990.

Book

• 《Autobiography, Road of thorns the national salvation (구국의 가시밭길)》(1967)
• 《Select the days of lonely(외로운 선택의 나날들)》(1991)

Prize

• Sharon Big-Merit(무궁화 대훈장)
• In-Cheon Cultural Award

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• History of South Korea
• Rulers of Korea
• Yun Chi-ho
• Yun Chi-Oh
• Yun Chi-Young
• Syngman Rhee
• Park Chung-hee
• Chang Myon
• Jang Jun-ha
• Kim Young-Sam

External links

• Yun Bo-Seon-Naver
• Cheongwadae profile
• Yun's Family Site

Political offices
Preceded by Heo Jeong (Acting)	President of South Korea 1960–1962	Succeeded by Park Chung-hee
Preceded by Kim Hyung-Min	Mayor of Seoul City 1948–1949	Succeeded by Lee Ki-Bung
Preceded by Lim Young-Sin	Commerce Minister of South Korea 1949–1950	Succeeded by Kim Hoon