Yi Sang-ryong

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Yi Sang-ryong
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
Revised RomanizationI Sang-ryong
McCune–ReischauerYi Sangnyong

Yi Sang-ryong (Korean이상룡; 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 Sang-ryong, along with Yi Si-yeong and Yi Dong-nyung, started the Military School of the New Rising (Sinheung Mugwan Hakkyo 신흥무관학교) in 1911.[1] He participated in Korean independence movement

Notes[edit]

  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.
Political offices
Preceded by Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
1925-1926
Succeeded by