Yi Si-yeong
Yi Si-yeong | |
|---|---|
| 1st Vice President of South Korea | |
| In office July 24, 1948 – May 9, 1951 | |
| President | Syngman Rhee |
| Prime Minister | Lee Beom-seok |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Chang Myon (acting)
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1868 |
| Died | 19 April 1953 (aged 84) Busan, South Korea |
| Party | Democratic Party
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이시영 |
| Hanja | 李始榮 |
| RR | I Siyeong |
| MR | I Siyŏng |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 성재, 시림산인 |
| Hanja | 省齋, 始林山人 |
| RR | Seongjae, Sirimsanin |
| MR | Sŏngjae, Sirimsanin |
| Courtesy name | |
| Hangul | 성흡 |
| Hanja | 聖翕 |
| RR | Seongheup |
| MR | Sŏnghŭp |
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Yi Si-yeong (Korean: 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. Yi resigned after the National Defense Corps incident of 1951. His art names were 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.