Yi Dongnyeong (also spelled Yi Dong-nyung; 6 October 1869 – 13 March 1940) was a Korean independence activist. He served as the fourth (1926), seventh (1927–1930), eighth (1930–1933), tenth (1935–1939), and eleventh (1939–1940) President of the

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in exile in

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. Yi Dongnyeong, along with Yi Si-yeong, Yi Hoe-young and Yi Sang-ryong, started the ''Military School of the New Rising'' (Sinheung Mugwan Hakkyo 신흥무관학교) or Shinheung Military Academy in 1911. He then took part in the establishment of an interim government, leading a provisional government in China for much of his life. He died at 4:40pm on 13 March 1940, on the second floor of the Provisional Government headquarters in

Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...

. He had spent ten days in bed, suffering from pneumonia, and had previously suffered from asthma for years before his death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yi, Dongnyeong 1869 births 1940 deaths Yonan Lee clan Members of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea Korean expatriates in China Burials at Hyochang Park People from Cheonan