Yi Dong-nyeong
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Korean independence activist (1869–1940)
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Succeeded by | Hong Jin |
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10th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea | |
In office August, 1927 – June 24, 1933 | |
Preceded by | Kim Ku |
Succeeded by | Song Byeong-jo [ko] |
12th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea | |
In office October,1933 – March 13, 1940 | |
Preceded by | Song Byeong-jo [ko] |
Succeeded by | Kim Ku |
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Born | (1869-10-06)October 6, 1869 Sichuan Province, China |
Nationality | Korean |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 이동녕 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | I Dongnyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Yi Tongnyŏng |
Yi Dongnyeong (also spelled Yi Dong-nyung) 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 Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in exile in Shanghai, China
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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.[1]
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. He had spent ten days in bed, suffering from pneumonia, and had previously suffered from asthma for years before his death.[2]
Notes
- Carter J. Eckert, Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson, and Edward W. Wagner, Korea Old and New: A History (Seoul: Ilchokak / Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990), 274.
- ^ "孫世一의 비교 評傳 (59) 한국 민족주의의 두 類型 - 李承晩과 金九". Monthly Chosun (in Korean). 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
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Preceded by | Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1926 |
Succeeded by Ahn Changho |
Preceded by Ahn Changho |
Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1926 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1927-1933 |
Succeeded by Song Byeong-jo
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Preceded by Song Byeong-jo
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Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1933-1940 |
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Military Junta (1961–1963) | ||
Third Republic (1963–1972) | Park Chung Hee | |
Fourth Republic (1972–1981) | Park Chung Hee • Choi Kyu-hah • Park Choong-hoon • Chun Doo-hwan | |
Fifth Republic (1981–1988) | Chun Doo-hwan | |
Sixth Republic (1988–present) | ||
Italics indicate an acting president • † Impeached, but restored to office • ‡ Impeached and removed from office |
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