Hong Jin

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Hong Jin
4th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office 1926 – 1926
Preceded by	Yi Sang-ryong
Succeeded by	Yi Dong-nyung
Born	1877
Died	1946

Hong Jin
Hangul:	홍면희 later 홍진
Hanja:	洪冕喜 later 洪震 (also 洪鎭)
Revised Romanization:	Hong Myeon-hui later Hong Jin
McCune-Reischauer:	Hong Myŏnhŭi later Hong Chin

Hong Myeon-hui (1877-1946), also known as Hong Jin, was a leader of the Korean independence movement. He is also sometimes known by his pen name Manho (만호/晩湖, 晩悟). He was born under the Joseon Dynasty in Yeongdong, Chungcheong Province, to a yangban family of the Pungsan Hong lineage. He graduated from Keijo Imperial University School of Law, the predecessor of Seoul National University School of Law and had practiced law in Korea in the private practice and in the government sector as a prosecutor and a judge before joining the independence movement.

Hong held a number of chief positions under the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea during the Japanese Occupation. Under his administration as the 4th President, the provisional Korean government was recognized by the Republic of China, France and Poland. His main theme was unity among factions of the Korean independence movement.

• The spelling of his name in his correspondence with American dignitaries including condolence letter regarding President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death was Hong Chin instead of Hong Jin.

[edit] See also

• List of Koreans
• History of Korea
• Korea under Japanese rule
• Korean independence movements

[edit] External links

• (Korean) Empas entry

Preceded by Yi Sang-ryong

Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1926

Succeeded by Yi Dong-nyung

	Presidents of South Korea
Provisional Government: Rhee Syng-man | Park Eunsik | Yi Sang-ryong | Hong Jin | Yi Dong-nyung | Kim Gu Republic: Rhee Syng-man | Yun Bo-seon | Park Chung-hee | Choe Kyu-hah | Chun Doo-hwan | Roh Tae-woo | Kim Young-sam | Kim Dae-jung | Roh Moo-hyun