Yi See-young
Lee Si-yeong (disambiguation)
Also recorded as Yi Si-yeong · Seongjae
Yi See-young

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- Name
- Yi Si-yeong
- Born
- 3 December 1868
- Birthplace
- Hanseong-bu, Joseon
- Died
- 19 April 1953
- Place of death
- Busan, South Korea Yi Si-yeong (December 3, 1868 – April 19, 1953) was a Korean politician, independence activist, educator and neo-Confucianist scholar.
- Nationality
- South Korea · Joseon
- Occupation
- politician · writer
- Languages
- Korean
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• Name — Yi Si-yeong • Party — Democratic Party • Office — 1st Vice President of South Korea • President — Syngman Rhee • Prime Minister — Lee Beom-seok • Term Start — July 24, 1948 • Term End — May 9, 1951 • Predecessor — Position established • Successor — Chang Myon (acting) • Born — 3 December 1868 • Birthplace — Hanseong-bu, Joseon • Died — 19 April 1953 • Place of death — Busan, South Korea Yi Si-yeong (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 art names were Seongjae or Sirimsanin. 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.
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• Portrayed by Jo Young-jin in the 2010 KBS TV series Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe-young.
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- 1.Hanguksa daesajeon (한국사대사전 Encyclopedia of Korean History; 2004), Goryeo chulpansa ( ), p.1039
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