Yi Sangnyong

In this Korean name, the family name is Yi.
Yi Sangnyong
이상룡
李相龍
3rd President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office
September, 1925 – January, 1926
Preceded byPark Eunsik
Succeeded byYang Gi-tak
Personal details
Born(1858-11-24)November 24, 1858
Andong, Gyeongsang-do, Joseon
DiedJune 15, 1932(1932-06-15) (aged 73)
Jilin, Manchuria
NationalityKorean
Korean name
Hangul
이상룡
Hanja
李相龍
Revised RomanizationI Sangryong
McCune–ReischauerI Sangnyong

Yi Sangnyong (Korean: 이상룡; Hanja: 李相龍; November 24, 1858 – June 15, 1932) was a Korean Liberation activist, serving as the third president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea from 1925 to 1926. Yi Sangnyong, along with Yi Si-yeong and Yi Tongnyŏng, started the Sinhŭng Military Academy in 1911.[1] He participated in the Korean independence movement.

Notes

  1. ^ Carter J. Eckert, Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson, and Edward W. Wagner, Korea Old and New: A History (Seoul: Ilchokak / Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990), 274.


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