Ryu Tongnyŏl
Ryu Tongnyŏl | |
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| 류동열 | |
A photo commemorating the return of the Provisional Government of Korea on December 3, 1945. Third from the right on the second row. | |
| President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 26, 1879 Pakchon County, North Pyongan Province, Joseon |
| Died | October 18, 1950 (aged 71) |
| Party | Korea Independence Party |
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Ryu Tongnyŏl (Korean: 류동열; Hanja: 柳東說, March 26, 1879 – October 18, 1950) was a Korean independence activist. He was a member of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, a guerrilla in Manchuria, and a member of the Korean Liberation Army. In 1939, he briefly served as the head of the Provisional Government. After the 1945 liberation of Korea, he served as the head of the U.S. occupational government's Unification Committee at the recommendation of Chough Pyung-ok and Lee Eung-jun.
He was the first commander of a Korean unit after liberation, and he was at odds with the US military government. That government claimed that the appointment of a high-ranking officer should only be done by people from the yangban class.