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Yun Posun

President of South Korea from 1960 to 1962 Yun Po-sunOfficial portrait c. 19602nd President of South KoreaIn officeAugust 13, 1960 – March 24, 1962Prime Minister Ho Chong Chang Myon Chang Do-yong (acting) Song Yo-chan (acting) Vice PresidentPosition abolishedLeaderPark Chung-heePreceded bySyngman Rhee Baek Nak-jun (acting)Succeeded byPark Chung-hee 2nd Mayor of SeoulIn officeDecember 15, 1948 – June 5, 1949PresidentSyngman RheePrime MinisterLee Beom-seokVice PresidentYi Si-yeongPreceded byKim Hyong-min [ko]Succeeded byLee Ki-poong Personal detailsBorn(1897-08-26)August 26, 1897Asan County, South Chungcheong Province, JoseonDiedJuly 18, 1990(1990-07-18) (aged 92)Jongno District, Seoul, South KoreaResting placeYun Family Cemetery, AsanPartyDemocratic (1955) New Democratic (1967)Spouse(s) Min Kyung-suk ​ ​(m. 1915; died 1937)​ Gong Deok-gwi ​(m. 1948)​RelationsYun Chi-sung (uncle)Children4SignatureKorean nameHangul윤보선Hanja尹潽善RRYun BoseonMRYun PosŏnArt nameHangul해위Hanja海葦RRHaewiMRHaewiCourtesy nameHangul경천Hanja敬天RRGyeongcheonMRKyŏngch'ŏn Yun Po-sun's voice Yun's inaugural address after being sworn into officeRecorded August 13, 1960 Yun Po-sunAcademic backgroundAlma materUniversity of Edinburgh (MA)Doctoral advisorV.

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