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Yi Dongnyeong

Yi Dongnyeong
이동녕
李東寧
4th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office
1926
Preceded by Yi Sang-ryong
Succeeded by Hong Jin
7th, 8th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office
1927–1933
Preceded by Kim Gu
Succeeded by Yang Gi-tak
10th, 11th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office
1935–1940
Preceded by Yang Gi-tak
Succeeded by Kim Gu
Personal details
Born (1869-02-17)February 17, 1869
Cheonan, Chungcheong-do, Joseon
Died March 13, 1940(1940-03-13) (aged 71)
Sichuan Province, China
Nationality Korean
Korean name
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,Yi Hoe-young and Yi Sang-ryong, started the Military School of the New Rising (Sinheung Mugwan Hakkyo 신흥무관학교) or Shinheung Military Academy in 1911.


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