Yi Si-yeong

Yi Si-yeong
1st Vice President of South Korea
In office
July 24, 1948 – May 9, 1951
PresidentSyngman Rhee
Prime MinisterLee Beom-seok
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byChang Myon (acting)
Personal details
Born3 December 1868
Hanseong-bu, Joseon
Died19 April 1953(1953-04-19) (aged 84)
Busan, South Korea
PartyDemocratic Party
Korean name
Hangul
이시영
Hanja
李始榮
RRI Siyeong
MRI Siyŏng
Art name
Hangul
성재, 시림산인
Hanja
省齋, 始林山人
RRSeongjae, Sirimsanin
MRSŏngjae, Sirimsanin
Courtesy name
Hangul
성흡
Hanja
聖翕
RRSeongheup
MRSŏnghŭp

Yi Si-yeong (Korean: 이시영; Hanja: 李始榮; December 3, 1868 – April 19, 1953) was a Korean politician, independence activist, educator and neo-Confucianist scholar. He was the first vice president of South Korea from 1948 to 1951.[1] Yi resigned after the National Defense Corps incident of 1951. His art names were 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 and the President of Hansung Law Court.

Work book

  • Gamseemanuh (감시만어; 感時漫語)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hanguksa daesajeon (한국사대사전 Encyclopedia of Korean History; 2004), Goryeo chulpansa (고려출판사), p.1039
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