Pyon Yong-tae

Pyone Young Tae
변영태
5th Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
June 27, 1954 – November 28, 1954
PresidentSyngman Rhee
Prime Minister(Himself)
Vice PresidentHam Tae-young
Preceded byBaek Du-jin
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Himself (As Chief State Councilor)
Heo Jeong (Second Republic of Korea)
Baek Han-seong (acting)
Chief State Councilor
In office
November 30, 1954 – July 28, 1955
PresidentSyngman Rhee
Vice PresidentHam Tae-young
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byKim Hyung-geun (Acting)
Kim Hyun-chul
Personal details
Born(1892-12-15)December 15, 1892
DiedMarch 10, 1969(1969-03-10) (aged 76)
PartyLiberal
Korean name
Hangul
변영태
Hanja
卞榮泰
RRByeon Yeongtae
MRPyŏn Yŏngt'ae
Also spelled Pyun Young-tae
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Pyone Young-tae or Byeon Yeong-tae (Korean변영태; December 15, 1892 – March 10, 1969) was a South Korean politician. He was the fifth prime minister of South Korea, and also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

As minister of foreign affairs, Pyone signed the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and South Korea on August 8, 1953. Pyone served as prime minister for the first Republic of Korea for five months before the position was abolished on November 28, 1954. The position was restored in 1960 under the second Republic of Korea.