An Jung-geun

In this Korean name, the family name is An.
The Honourable
An Jung-geun
An c. 1910
Born(1879-09-02)2 September 1879
Haeju, Hwanghae Province, Joseon
Died26 March 1910(1910-03-26) (aged 30)
Ryojun, Kwantung Leased Territory, Empire of Japan
(now Lüshunkou, China)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Known forAssassinating Itō Hirobumi in 1909
Parents
  • An Tae-hun (father)
  • Jo Maria (mother)
AwardsOrder of Merit for National Foundation (Posthumously)
Korean name
Hangul
안중근
Hanja
安重根
Revised RomanizationAn Junggeun
McCune–ReischauerAn Chunggŭn

An Jung-geun (Korean: 안중근; Korean pronunciation: [ɐndʑuŋɡɯn]; 2 September 1879 – 26 March 1910), sometimes spelled Ahn Joong-keun, was a Korean independence activist.[1] His baptismal name was Thomas (도마).[2][3]

He is remembered as a martyr in both South and North Korea for his 1909 assassination of the Japanese politician Itō Hirobumi, who had previously served as the Resident-General of Korea and first Prime Minister of Japan. An was imprisoned and later executed by Japanese authorities on 26 March 1910.

He was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation in 1962 by the South Korean government, the most prestigious civil decoration in the Republic of Korea, for his efforts for Korean independence.[4]

  1. ^ "'Peace of East Asia' Thesis written by An Jung-geun in 1910". Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  2. ^ Shin, Gi-Wook (2006). Ethnic Nationalism in Korea. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-5408-X.
  3. ^ "安重根外三名ニ対スル判決". ja.wikisource.org (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-09 – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ 안중근. terms.naver.com.