Yi Dong-nyeong

Korean independence activist (1869–1940)

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Yi Dongnyeong 이동녕 李東寧
Yi Dong-nyeong in the centre

5th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office April 29, 1926 – May 3, 1926
Preceded by	Yang Gi-tak
Succeeded by	Ahn Changho
7th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office May 16, 1926 – July 7, 1926
Preceded by	Ahn Changho
Succeeded by	Hong Jin
10th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office August, 1927 – June 24, 1933
Preceded by	Kim Ku
Succeeded by	Song Byeong-jo [ko]
12th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office October,1933 – March 13, 1940
Preceded by	Song Byeong-jo [ko]
Succeeded by	Kim Ku

Personal details
Born	(1869-10-06)October 6, 1869 Cheonan, Chungcheong-do, Joseon
Died	March 13, 1940(1940-03-13) (aged 70) Sichuan Province, China
Nationality	Korean

Korean name
Hangul	이동녕
Hanja	李東寧
Revised Romanization	I Dongnyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Tongnyŏng

Yi Dongnyeong (also spelled Yi Dong-nyung) was a Korean independence activist. He served as the fourth (1926), seventh (1927–1930), eighth (1930–1933), tenth (1935–1939), and eleventh (1939–1940) President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in exile in Shanghai, China.

Yi Dongnyeong, along with Yi Si-yeong, Yi Hoe-young and Yi Sang-ryong, started the Military School of the New Rising (Sinheung Mugwan Hakkyo 신흥무관학교) or Shinheung Military Academy in 1911.^[1]

He then took part in the establishment of an interim government, leading a provisional government in China for much of his life.

He died at 4:40pm on 13 March 1940, on the second floor of the Provisional Government headquarters in Chongqing. He had spent ten days in bed, suffering from pneumonia, and had previously suffered from asthma for years before his death.^[2]

Notes

^ Carter J. Eckert, Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson, and Edward W. Wagner, Korea Old and New: A History (Seoul: Ilchokak / Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990), 274.
^ "孫世一의 비교 評傳 (59) 한국 민족주의의 두 類型 - 李承晩과 金九". Monthly Chosun (in Korean). 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2023-03-12.

Political offices
Preceded by Yang Gi-tak	Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1926	Succeeded by Ahn Changho
Preceded by Ahn Changho	Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1926	Succeeded by Hong Jin
Preceded by Kim Ku	Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1927-1933	Succeeded by Song Byeong-jo
Preceded by Song Byeong-jo	Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea 1933-1940	Succeeded by Kim Ku

Presidents of South Korea (List)

Provisional Governments (Pre-Union) (1919)

Syngman Rhee (Seoul) • Syngman Rhee (Shanghai) • Yi Dong-nyeong (Shanghai) • Ahn Chang Ho (Shanghai) • Yi Dong-hwi (Shanghai) • Moon Chang-bum (Vladivostok)

Provisional Government (1919–1948)

Syngman Rhee‡ • Yi Dong-nyeong • Park Eun-sik • Lee Yu-pil • Yi Sang-ryong • Yang Gi-tak • Yi Dong-nyeong • Ahn Chang Ho • Yi Dong-nyeong • Hong Jin • Kim Ku • Yi Dong-nyeong • Song Byung-jo • Yi Dong-nyeong • Kim Ku • Syngman Rhee

First Republic (1948–1960)

Syngman Rhee • Ho Chong

Second Republic (1960–1961)

Kwak Sang-hoon • Ho Chong • Baek Nak-jun • Yun Posun

Military Junta (1961–1963)

Park Chung Hee

Third Republic (1963–1972)

Park Chung Hee

Fourth Republic (1972–1981)

Park Chung Hee • Choi Kyu-hah • Park Choong-hoon • Chun Doo-hwan

Fifth Republic (1981–1988)

Chun Doo-hwan