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Syngman Rhee

1875 - 1965

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Syngman Rhee (Korean: 이승만; Hanja: 李承晚; pronounced [iː.sɯŋ.man]; 26 March 1875 – 19 July 1965), also known by his art name Unam (우남; 雩南), was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. Rhee was also the first and last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea from 1919 to his impeachment in 1925 and from 1947 to 1948. He was also the president of the People's Republic of Korea in the established cabinet. As president of South Korea, Rhee's government was characterised by authoritarianism, limited economic development, and in the late 1950s growing political instability and public opposition to his rule. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Syngman Rhee is the 321st most popular politician (up from 490th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from South Korea and the 4th most popular South Korean Politician.

Syngman Rhee was the first president of South Korea. He was in office from 1948 to 1960, and he was instrumental in the establishment of South Korea as a democratic country.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Syngman Rhee ranks 321 out of 19,576. Before him are Alp Arslan, Christian X of Denmark, Gaiseric, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Barack Obama, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After him are Leo I the Thracian, Theodoric the Great, Salvador Allende, Sukarno, Macrinus, and Philippe Pétain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Syngman Rhee ranks 6. Before him are Carl Jung, Thomas Mann, Maurice Ravel, Aleister Crowley, and Vallabhbhai Patel. After him are Rainer Maria Rilke, Albert Schweitzer, D. W. Griffith, Ibn Saud, Ferdinand Porsche, and Jeanne Calment. Among people deceased in 1965, Syngman Rhee ranks 7. Before him are Winston Churchill, T. S. Eliot, Le Corbusier, Malcolm X, Edward Victor Appleton, and W. Somerset Maugham. After him are Albert Schweitzer, Farouk of Egypt, Martin Buber, Eli Cohen, Hermann Staudinger, and Stan Laurel.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Syngman Rhee ranks 4 out of 1,128. Before him are Kim Il-sung (1912), Sejong the Great (1397), and Park Chung-hee (1917). After him are Yoon Suk Yeol (1960), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Moon Jae-in (1953), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Yi Sun-sin (1545), Ban Ki-moon (1944), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), and Jeongjo of Joseon (1752).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Syngman Rhee ranks 4. Before him are Kim Il-sung (1912), Sejong the Great (1397), and Park Chung-hee (1917). After him are Yoon Suk Yeol (1960), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Moon Jae-in (1953), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), Gojong of Korea (1852), and Park Geun-hye (1952).

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