Yi Si-yeong
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Yi Si-yeong | |
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Vice President of South Korea | |
In office 24 July 1948 – 9 May 1951 | |
President | Syngman Rhee |
Succeeded by | Kim Seong-su |
Personal details | |
Born | 3 December 1868 Hanseong-bu, Joseon |
Died | April 19, 1953 Busan, South Korea | (aged 84)
Political party | Democratic Party |
Yi Si-yeong | |
Hangul | 이시영 |
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Hanja | 李始榮 |
Revised Romanization | I Siyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Ri Siyŏng |
Art name | |
Hangul | 성재 |
Hanja | 省齋 |
Revised Romanization | Seongjae |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏngjae |
Courtesy name | |
Hangul | 성흡 |
Hanja | 聖翕 |
Revised Romanization | Seongheup |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏnghŭp |
Pen name | |
Hangul | 시림산인 |
Hanja | 始林山人 |
Revised Romanization | Sirimsanin |
McCune–Reischauer | Sirimsanin |
Seongjae Yi Si-yeong (Korean: 이시영; hanja: 李始榮, December 3, 1868 – April 19, 1953) was a Korean politician, independence activist, educator and Neo-confucianism scholar. He was the first Vice President of South Korea from 1948 to 1951.[1] Yi resigned after the National Defense Force Incident. His nickname was Seongjae (성재; 省齋), Sirimsanin (시림산인; 始林山人). Before, the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, he had served for Joseon, as the Governor of South Pyongan Province and the President of Hansung Law Court.
Work book
- Gamseemanuh (감시만어, 感時漫語)
See also
References
- ^ Hanguksa daesajeon (한국사대사전 Encyclopedia of Korean history) (2004), Goryeo chulpansa (고려출판사), p.1039
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