- This is a Korean name; the family name is Yi.
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Yi Dongnyeong
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4th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
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| Assumed office 1926 |
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| Preceded by | Yi Sang-ryong |
| Succeeded by | Hong Jin |
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7th, 8th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
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| In office 1927 – 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Kim Gu |
| Succeeded by | Yang Gi-tak |
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10th, 11th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
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| In office 1935 – 1940 |
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| Preceded by | Yang Gi-tak |
| Succeeded by | Kim Gu |
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| Born | February 17, 1869 Cheonan, Chungcheongbuk-do, Joseon |
| Died | March 13, 1940 (aged 71) Sichuan Province, China |
| Nationality | Korean |
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| Hangul | 이동녕 |
| Hanja | 李東寧 |
| Revised Romanization | I Dongnyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Tongnyŏng |
Yi Dongnyeong (also spelled Yi Dong-nyung) was a Korean independence activist. He served as the fourth (1926), seventh (1927-1930), eighth (1930-1933), tenth (1935-1939), and eleventh (1939-1940) President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in exile in Shanghai, China.
Yi Dongnyeong, along with Yi Si-yeong and Yi Sang-ryong, started the Military School of the New Rising (Sinheung Mugwan Hakkyo 신흥무관학교) in 1911.[1]
Notes
- ^ 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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| Preceded by Yi Sang-ryong |
Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1926 |
Succeeded by Hong Jin |
| Preceded by Kim Gu |
Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1927-1933 |
Succeeded by Yang Gi-tak |
| Preceded by Yang Gi-tak |
Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1935-1940 |
Succeeded by Kim Gu |
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