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Lyuh Woon-hyung | |
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여운형 | |
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Korean Provisional Government | |
In office 5 August 1919 – 22 January 1920 | |
Chairman of the National People's Representative Conference | |
In office 14 September – November 1945 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi, Joseon | 25 May 1886
Died | 19 July 1947 Rotary road, Hyehwa-dong, Jongno District, Seoul, southern Korea | (aged 61)
Manner of death | Assassination |
Resting place | Ui-dong, Gangbuk District, Seoul, South Korea |
Political party | People's Party of Korea (1945–1947) Laboring People's Party (1947) |
Spouse | Jin Sang-ha |
Children | 9 |
Parent(s) | Lee (Mother) Lyuh Jung-hyun (Father) |
Alma mater | Jinling University, Pyongyang Presbyterian Theological Seminary |
Website | Mongyang Memorial Society |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 여운형 |
Hanja | 呂運亨 |
Revised Romanization | Yeo Unhyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Yŏ Unhyŏng |
Art name | |
Hangul | 몽양 |
Hanja | 夢陽 |
Revised Romanization | Mongyang |
McCune–Reischauer | Mongyang |
Lyuh Woon-hyung (Korean: 여운형; RR: Yeo Unhyeong; 25 May 1886 – 19 July 1947), also known by his art name Mongyang (몽양; 夢陽), was a Korean independence activist and reunification activist.
Lyuh was a prominent figure in the Korean Provisional Government during the Japanese colonial period.[1] He is rare among politicians in modern Korean history for being revered in both South and North Korea.[citation needed]