Yun Chi-young

Yun Chi-young
1st Minister of the Interior
In office
15 August 1948 – 15 December 1948
PresidentSyngman Rhee
Preceded byPolitic Open
Succeeded byShin Sung-mo
13th Mayor of Seoul
In office
17 December 1963 – 30 March 1966
Preceded byYun Tae-il
Succeeded byKim Hyon-uk
Personal details
Born(1898-02-10)10 February 1898
Seoul, Joseon Dynasty
Died9 February 1996(1996-02-09) (aged 97)
Seoul, South Korea
Political partyKorea Nationalist Party (1948–1958)
Other political
affiliations
Lee Byung-young(1907–1923)
Lee Eun-Hye (1924–1980)
Alma materWaseda University
Signature
Korean name
Hangul
윤치영
Hanja
尹致暎
Revised RomanizationYun Chiyeong
McCune–ReischauerYun Ch'iyŏng

Yun Chi-Young (Korean윤치영; 10 February 1898 – 10 February 1996) was a Korean independence activist, journalist, and politician, diplomat of South Korea. He was the first Interior Minister (1948), 2nd Republic of Korea Ambassador to France from 1950 to 1951, 1st, 2nd and 3rd National Assembly of South Korea and 13th Mayor of Seoul from 1963 to 1966. His art name is Dongsan (Korean동산).

He was Yun Posun's younger half-uncle, and politician and independence activist Yun Chi-ho's younger cousin. Yun Bo-seon is his second brother, and he is Yun Chi-So's son.