Lee Seung-man
| Syngman Rhee | |
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| 리승만 | |
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| President of South Korea | |
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In office July 24, 1948 – April 26, 1960 |
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| Vice President |
Yi Si-yeong Kim Seong-su Ham Tae-young Chang Myon Yun Posun |
| Preceded by | Himself as the Chairman of the State Council of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea |
| Succeeded by | Yun Posun |
| President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea | |
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In office September 11, 1919 – March 23, 1925 |
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| Prime Minister |
Yi Donghwi Yi Dongnyeong Sin Gyu-sik No Baek-rin Park Eunsik |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Park Eunsik |
| Chairman of the State Council of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea | |
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In office March 3, 1947 – August 15, 1948 |
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| Deputy | Kim Koo |
| Preceded by | Kim Koo |
| Succeeded by | Himself as the President of South Korea |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Rhee Syngman April 18, 1875 Neungnae-dong, Daegyeong-ri, Masan-myeon, Pyeongsan County, Hwanghae Province, Joseon (now North Korea) |
| Died | July 19, 1965 (aged 90) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Resting place | Seoul National Cemetery |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Seungseon Park (1890~1910) Francesca Donner (1934~1965) |
| Children | Rhee Bong-su or 이봉수(1898 - 1908), Rhee In-soo Yi In-su or 이인수 - (b. September 1, 1931) - adopted |
| Alma mater |
George Washington University (B.A.) Harvard University (M.A.) Princeton University (Ph.D.) |
| Signature |  |
| Syngman Rhee | |
| Hangul | or |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Ri Seungman or I Seungman |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Sŭngman or Yi Sŭngman |
Syngman Rhee (Korean: 리승만, pronounced [i.sɯŋ.man]; Lunisolar calendar March 26 , 1875 – July 19, 1965) was a South Korean politician, the first and the last Head of State of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, and President of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. His three-term presidency of South Korea (August 1948 to April 1960) was strongly affected by Cold War tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Rhee was regarded as an anti-Communist and pro-capitalist dictator, and he ordered thousands of extrajudicial killings of communist supporters within South Korea. He led South Korea through the Korean War. His presidency ended in resignation following popular protests against a disputed election. He died in exile in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Syngman Rhee was born on April 18, 1875; his birthday is also stated as March 26, the lunar date, and April 26. Rhee was born in Hwanghae Province into a rural family of modest means as the third son out of three brothers and two sisters. His two older brothers both died in infancy. Rhee's family traced its lineage back to King Taejong of Joseon. He is a 16th-generation descendant of Grand Prince Yangnyeong. In 1877, at the age of two, Rhee and his family moved to Seoul.
In Seoul, he had traditional Confucianism education in various seodang in Nakdong (낙동; 駱洞) and Dodong (도동; 桃洞). He was portrayed as a potential candidate for gwageo, the Korean civil service examination. When Rhee was nine years old, he was rendered virtually blind through smallpox and was cured by Horace Newton Allen, an American medical missionary.
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