Seongjae Yi Si-yeong (
Chosŏn'gŭl
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: 이시영;
Hanja
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(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...
: 李始榮, December 3, 1868 – April 19, 1953) was a
Korea
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n politician, independence activist, educator and
neo-Confucianist
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scholar. He was the first
vice president of South Korea from 1948 to 1951.
[''Hanguksa daesajeon'' (한국사대사전 Encyclopedia of Korean history) (2004), Goryeo chulpansa (고려출판사), p.1039] Yi resigned after the
National Defense Corps incident
The National Defense Corps Incident ( ko, 국민방위군 사건, Hanja: 國民防衛軍事件) was a death march that occurred in the winter of 1951 during the Korean War.
On 11 December 1950, South Korea issued an act establishing the Nationa ...
of 1951. His nickname was Seongjae (성재; 省齋) or 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
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and the President of Hansung Law Court.
Work book
* Gamseemanuh (감시만어, 感時漫語)
Popular culture
* Portrayed by Jo Young-jin in the 2010
KBS TV series ''
Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe-young''.
See also
*
Syngman Rhee
*
Kim Kyu-sik
Kim Kyu-sik, also spelled Kimm Kiusic ( Korean:김규식, Hanja:金奎植, January 29, 1881 – December 10, 1950), was a Korean politician and academic during the Korean independence movement and a leader of the Provisional Government of the ...
*
Kim Gu
Kim Gu (, ; August 29, 1876 – June 26, 1949), also known by his pen name Baekbeom (백범; ), was a Korean statesman. He was the sixth, ninth, and president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea; a leader of the Korean indepen ...
*
Kim Seong-su
Kim Seong-su (김성수, 金性洙; October 11, 1891 – February 18, 1955) was a Korean educator, independence activist, journalist, entrepreneur, politician and calligrapher, and the second vice president of South Korea from 1951–1 ...
*
Chang Myon
References
External links
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