Sin Ik-hui (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...

: 신익히,

hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

: 申翼熙) (9 June 1894 – 5 May 1956) was a

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n independence activist and politician during the period of Japanese rule. He was Speaker of the National Assembly during President Syngman Rhee's first term (4 August 1948 and 30 May 1950) and second term (19 June 1950 and 30 May 1954). His nickname was Haegong (해공, 海公) or Haehu (해후; 海候); his

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was Yeogu (여구; 如耉).

Life

Sin Ik-hui was a descendant of

Sin Rip Sin Rip (sometimes romanized as Shin Rip or Shin Rib) (Hangul: 신립, Hanja: 申砬; 16 November 1546 – 7 June 1592) was a Korean general and a member of the Pyeongsan Sin clan. He passed the Korean national military examinations at the age o ...

and Sin Kyung-hee,

Sin Saimdang Shin Saimdang (Hangul: 신사임당, Hanja: 申師任堂; 29 October 1504 – 17 May 1551) was a Korean artist, writer, calligraphist, and poet, who lived during the Joseon period. She was born in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. Her birth home, ...

. He was born in Samaru country in

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...

Gyeonggi Province Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...

. He became an orphan and his second elder half-brother Sin Kyu-hee nurtured him. In his early years, he studied abroad in

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. In 1918, he was exiled to

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, in April 1919.

Politician

He was involved in the creation of the Provisional National Assembly of Koreas. He was elected as a Congressman of the Provisional National Assembly of Korea. On April 23, he was appointed to Vice minister of Foreign Affairs of

Provisional Government of Korea The Korean Provisional Government (KPG), formally the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, was a partially recognized Korean government-in-exile based in Shanghai, China, and later in Chongqing, during the period of Japanese ...

. In August 1919, Sin became vice Minister of Justice and in September, he was appointed as Justice Minister and in September 1920, Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1930s he became an English professor at a Chinese University. In May 1940 he was appointed to Provisional Government of Korea, and in 1944 he was reappointed to Interior Minister to the Provisional Government. In May 1948 he was elected Congressman of

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. On August 4, 1948 he was 2nd term head of First Republic and 19 June 1950, he again was Speaker until 30 May 1954. In 1955 he was involved with the founding of the

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and elected as its fourth leader. In 1956 he ran for president, but died of heart failure and overwork at age 64. He had boarded a train to

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with John Chang to commence campaigning soon after registration of candidates had closed. Minutes after taking their seats however, Sin became violently ill. He rushed to the toilet, but died.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sin, Ik-hui 1894 births 1956 deaths People from Gwangju, Gyeonggi South Korean civil rights activists Korean expatriates in the United States Korean independence activists Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea South Korean anti-communists Korean revolutionaries Democratic Party (South Korea, 1955) politicians Speakers of the National Assembly (South Korea) Waseda University alumni Sin clan of Pyongsan

Life

Politician

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