Shin Song-mo

Shin Song-mo
신성모
Acting Prime Minister of South Korea[1]
In office
April 21, 1950 – November 23, 1950
PresidentSyngman Rhee
Preceded byLee Beom-seok
Succeeded byChang Myon
Personal details
Born(1891-10-20)October 20, 1891
Uiryeong, Gyeongsang-do, Joseon (now Uiryeong, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea)
DiedMay 29, 1960(1960-05-29) (aged 68)
Seoul, South Korea
Cause of deathCerebral hemorrhage
Resting placeDaejeon National Cemetery
CitizenshipSouth Korean
NationalityKorean
Korean name
Hangul
신성모
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSin Seong-mo
McCune–ReischauerSin Sŏngmo
Art name
Hangul
소창
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSochang
McCune–ReischauerSoch'ang

Shin Song-mo or Shin Sung-mo (Korean: 신성모, October 20, 1891 – May 29, 1960)[2] was a Korean independence activist and politician. He was an acting prime minister in 1950 following the first prime minister of South Korea, Lee Beom-seok. He served as a Defence Minister during the Korean War.[1]

  1. ^ a b "New evidence of Korean war killings". BBC. 2000-04-21. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
  2. ^ 신성모 [Shin Sung-mo]. 야후! 백과사전 [Yahoo! Encyclopedia] (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2009-04-11.