Lee Beom-seok (Prime Minister)

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Lee Beom-seok
1st Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
August 1, 1948 – April 21, 1950
Succeeded by Shin Sung-mo (acting)
Personal details
Born October 20, 1900(1900-10-20)
Hwangseong, Korean Empire (now Seoul, South Korea)
Died May 11, 1972(1972-05-11) (aged 71)
Seoul, South Korea
Spouse(s) Kim Maria
Military service
Allegiance Korean Empire
Republic of China
South Korea
Korean name
Hangul 이범석
Hanja 李範奭
Revised Romanization I Beom-seok
McCune–Reischauer Yi Pŏmsŏk

Lee Beom-seok (1900–1972) was a Korean independence activist and first prime minister of South Korea from 1948 to 1950.[1] For a time, he also headed the Korean Youth Corps (조선민족청년단).[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Yahu! Baekgwasajeon 야후! 백과사전 [Yahoo! Encyclopedia], s.v. "Lee Beom-seok" 이범석, [1]
  2. ^ 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), 351.
Preceded by
N/A		 Prime Minister of South Korea
1948 - 1950		 Succeeded by
Shin Sung-mo
(acting)