Yi Dong-nyeong

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 이동녕 李東寧
Yi Dong-nyeong in the centre
5th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office April 29,1926 – May 3,1926
Preceded by	Yang Gi-tak
Succeeded by	Ahn Changho
7th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office May 16,1926 – July 7,1926
Preceded by	Ahn Changho
Succeeded by	Hong Jin
10th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office August,1927 – June 24,1933
Preceded by	Kim Gu
Succeeded by	Song Byeong-jo
12th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office October,1933 – March 13, 1940
Preceded by	Song Byeong-jo
Succeeded by	Kim Gu
Personal details
Born	February 17, 1869 Cheonan, Chungcheong-do, Joseon
Died	March 13, 1940 (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, 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.[1]

He then took part in the establishment of an interim government, leading a provisional government overseas for half his life, and died of overwork in the discipline of Sacheon on March 13, 1940.

Notes

Tomb of Yi Dong-nyung in Qijiang County, Chongqing

1. 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), 274.