Yi Si-yeong
1st Vice President of South Korea
In office
24 July 1948 – 9 May 1951
PresidentSyngman Rhee
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKim Seong-su
Personal details
Born3 December 1868
Hanseong-bu, Joseon
Died19 April 1953(1953-04-19) (aged 84)
Busan, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic Party
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Siyeong
McCune–ReischauerRi Siyŏng
Art name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeongjae
McCune–ReischauerSŏngjae
Courtesy name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeongheup
McCune–ReischauerSŏnghŭp
Pen name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSirimsanin
McCune–ReischauerSirimsanin

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.[1] 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)

See also

References

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


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