Sin Ik-hui

Sin Ik-hui
신익히
Sin in 1952
Speaker of the National Assembly
In office
4 August 1948 – 30 May 1954
Preceded bySyngman Rhee
Succeeded byLee Ki-poong
Member of the National Assembly
In office
31 May 1948 – 5 May 1956
ConstituencyGwangju, Gyeonggi
Personal details
Born(1894-06-09)9 June 1894
Died5 May 1956(1956-05-05) (aged 61)
Political partyNational Association, Democratic Nationalist, Democratic Party
Alma materWaseda University
Korean name
Hangul
신익히 or 신익희
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSin Ikhi or Sin Ikhui
McCune–ReischauerSin Ikhi or Sin Ikhŭi

Sin Ik-hui (Korean신익히; Hanja申翼熙; 9 June 1894 – 5 May 1956) was a Korean independence activist and politician.[1] He was Speaker of the National Assembly during President Syngman Rhee's first term (4 August 1948 and 30 May 1950) and second term (19 June 1950 and 30 May 1954).

His nickname was Haegong (해공; 海公) or Haehu (해후; 海候) and his courtesy name was Yeogu (여구; 如耉). He also went by the name Patrick Henry Shinicky in English-language publications.[2][3]

  1. ^ Foundation, The Korea (30 March 2013). Korea Focus - August 2012. 한국국제교류재단. p. 28. ISBN 9788986090888.
  2. ^ "KOREA: Death Casts a Vote". Time. 29 February 1960. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  3. ^ Barr, John (1960). "South Korea in the Wake of an Election". The World Today. 16 (6): 242–249. ISSN 0043-9134. JSTOR 40393225.