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Ye Wanyong

1858 - 1926

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Yi Wanyong (Korean: 이완용; Hanja: 李完用; pronounced [iː wɐȵoŋ]; 17 July 1858 – 12 February 1926), also spelled Lee Wan-yong or Ye Wan-yong, was a Korean politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Korea. He is best remembered for signing the Eulsa Treaty and the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, which placed Korea under Japanese rule in 1910. Yi's name has since become a byword for Korean collaborators with Imperial Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ye Wanyong is the 9,883rd most popular politician (down from 7,936th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 106th in 2019) and the 71st most popular South Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ye Wanyong ranks 9,883 out of 19,576. Before him are Stanisław Mikołajczyk, Princess Wanda, Eddie Fenech Adami, Joachim Yhombi-Opango, Seán MacBride, and Minamoto no Yoshiie. After him are Moustafa Madbouly, Andragoras, Adama Barrow, Radu IV the Great, Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi, and Frédéric François-Marsal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Ye Wanyong ranks 73. Before him are Medardo Rosso, George Albert Boulenger, Petar Bojović, Hans Rott, Archibald Gracie IV, and Pandita Ramabai. After him are Anthon van Rappard, Gustaf Kossinna, Stjepan Sarkotić, Maximilian Njegovan, Cipriano Castro, and Agnes Baden-Powell. Among people deceased in 1926, Ye Wanyong ranks 54. Before him are Victor Babeș, Léon Charles Thévenin, Albert Robida, Krste Misirkov, Annie Oakley, and Bertha Wegmann. After him are Katō Takaaki, Enrico Toselli, Lars Magnus Ericsson, Luther Burbank, William Larned, and Joan Alcover.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Ye Wanyong ranks 145 out of 1,128. Before him are Song Hye-kyo (1981), Myung-whun Chung (1953), Kim Hae-sook (1955), Lee Young-ae (1971), J-Hope (1994), and IU (1993). After him are G-Dragon (1988), Yu Kil-chun (1856), Yi Kwang-su (1892), Lee Chang-dong (1954), Lyuh Woon-hyung (1886), and Hong Sang-soo (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Ye Wanyong ranks 71. Before him are Han Seung-soo (1936), Jeong Mong-ju (1337), Kim Seong-su (1891), Pak Song-chol (1913), Bak Jungyang (1872), and Beopheung of Silla (500). After him are Lyuh Woon-hyung (1886), Heo Gyun (1569), Chung Sye-kyun (1950), Lee Beom-seok (1900), Yi San-hae (1539), and Kim Hwang-sik (1948).

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