Yi Si-yeong
Yi Si-yeong | |
|---|---|
| 1st Vice President of South Korea | |
| In office 24 July 1948 – 9 May 1951 | |
| President | Syngman Rhee |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Kim Seong-su |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1868 Hanseong-bu, Joseon |
| Died | 19 April 1953 (aged 84) Busan, South Korea |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이시영 |
| Hanja | 李始榮 |
| RR | I Siyeong |
| MR | I Siyŏng |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 성재 |
| Hanja | 省齋 |
| RR | Seongjae |
| MR | Sŏngjae |
| Courtesy name | |
| Hangul | 성흡 |
| Hanja | 聖翕 |
| RR | Seongheup |
| MR | Sŏnghŭp |
| Pen name | |
| Hangul | 시림산인 |
| Hanja | 始林山人 |
| RR | Sirimsanin |
| MR | Sirimsanin |
Yi Si-yeong (Korean: 이시영; Hanja: 李始榮; December 3, 1868 – April 19, 1953) was a Korean politician, independence activist, educator and neo-Confucianist scholar. He was the first vice president of South Korea from 1948 to 1951. Yi resigned after the National Defense Corps incident of 1951. His art names were Seongjae (성재; 省齋) or Sirimsanin (시림산인; 始林山人). Before the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, he had served for Joseon as the Governor of South Pyongan Province and the President of Hansung Law Court.