Yi Si-yeong
Vice President of South Korea
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| Intro | Vice President of South Korea | |
| A.K.A. | Yi Si-yeong | |
| A.K.A. | Yi Si-yeong | |
| Places | South Korea | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 3 December 1868, Seoul, South Korea | |
| Death | 19 April 1953Busan, South Korea (aged 84 years) |
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Seongjae Yi Si-yeong (Chosŏn'gŭl: 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. Yi resigned after the National Defense Corps incident 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 and the President of Hansung Law Court.
Work book
- Gamseemanuh (감시만어, 感時漫語)