Yi Wanyong
Yi Wanyong | |
|---|---|
이완용 | |
| 7th Prime Minister of Korea | |
| In office 11 August 1910 – 29 August 1910 | |
| Monarch | Sunjong |
| Preceded by | Pak Che-soon |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 July 1858 Gwangju, Gyeonggi, Joseon |
| Died | 12 February 1926 (aged 67) Keijō, Korea, Empire of Japan |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이완용 |
| Hanja | 李完用 |
| RR | I Wanyong |
| MR | I Wanyong |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 일당 |
| Hanja | 一堂 |
| RR | Ildang |
| MR | Iltang |
| Courtesy name | |
| Hangul | 경덕 |
| Hanja | 敬德 |
| RR | Gyeongdeok |
| MR | Kyŏngdŏk |
Yi Wanyong (Korean: 이완용; Hanja: 李完用; pronounced [iː wɐȵoŋ]; 17 July 1858 – 12 February 1926), also spelled Lee Wan-yong or Ye Wan-yong, was a Korean politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Korea. He is best remembered for signing the Eulsa Treaty and the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, which placed Korea under Japanese rule in 1910. Yi's name has since become a byword for Korean collaborators with Imperial Japan.