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Kim Kyu-sik

Kim Kyu-sik
김규식
金奎植
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Vice President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office
October 1940 – March 3, 1947
Preceded by -
Succeeded by Kim Gu
Personal details
Born (1881-01-29)January 29, 1881
Dongrae District, Busan, Joseon Dynasty
Died December 10, 1950(1950-12-10) (aged 69)
Manpo, North Korea
Korean name
Hangul 김규식
Hanja
Revised Romanization Gim Gyusik
McCune–Reischauer Kim Kyushik
Pen name
Hangul 우사, 죽적
Hanja ,
Revised Romanization Usa, Jukjeok
McCune–Reischauer Usa, Chukjŏk
Courtesy name
Hangul 변갑
Revised Romanization Byeon'gap
McCune–Reischauer Pyŏn'gap

Kim Kyu-Sik, also spelled Kimm Giusic and Kimm Kiusic (Korean:김규식, Hanja:金奎植, January 29, 1881 – December 10, 1950), was a Korean politician and academic during the Korean independence movement and a leader of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. Kim served in various roles in the provisional government, including as foreign minister, ambassador, education minister and finally as the vice president from 1940 until the provisional government's dissolution on March 3, 1947. Kim's nicknames included Yoosa(우사), Kummun(금문), KimSung(김성), and JukJeok(죽적).

Kim was born in Dongnae, now part of modern-day Busan. Orphaned at an early age, Kim studied with American missionary H.G. Underwood starting from the age of 6, taking the Christian name "Johann." He later traveled to the United States, receiving a bachelor's degree from Roanoke College in 1903 and a master's degree in English literature from Princeton University the following year.

In 1905 Kim returned to Korea, teaching widely. Following the 1910 Japanese annexation of Korea Kim fled to China in 1913.

In 1919, unlike his contemporary Syngman Rhee, Kim successfully traveled to Paris for the Paris Peace Conference to lobby for Korean independence from Japan. He was sent by Lyuh Woon-Hyung and Chang Duk-soo, who had organized Sinhan Cheongnyeondang in Shanghai in the summer of 1919. His efforts in Paris proved to be futile.

The Korean National Revolutionary Party was formed in Shanghai in 1935 through a grouping of left-wing nationalist Korean parties. Organizers were Kim Kyu-sik, Kim Won-bong and Cho Soang.


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