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Yun Chi-young

1898 - 1996

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Yun Chi-Young (Korean: 윤치영; 10 February 1898 – 9 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 (Korean: 동산). He was Yun Posun's younger half-uncle, and politician and independence activist Yun Chi-ho's younger cousin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 19 in 2024). Yun Chi-young is the 14,121st most popular politician (up from 15,919th in 2024), the 242nd most popular biography from South Korea (up from 332nd in 2019) and the 95th most popular South Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yun Chi-young ranks 14,121 out of 19,576. Before him are Jacopo Contarini, Nahas Angula, Natalia Kuchinskaya, Balista, Sergey Kiriyenko, and Michèle Pierre-Louis. After him are Élisabeth Baume-Schneider, Luis Alberto Monge, Mário da Graça Machungo, Marcus Junius Pera, Muhammetnazar Gapurow, and Nils Torvalds.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Yun Chi-young ranks 196. Before him are Katarzyna Kobro, Therese Giehse, Nils Engdahl, Renée Adorée, Henry Luce, and William Jordan. After him are Eduard Wiiralt, Dorothy Gish, Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia, Nazik al-Abid, Preston Sturges, and Félix Sesúmaga. Among people deceased in 1996, Yun Chi-young ranks 205. Before him are Eva Cassidy, Alger Hiss, Alfredo Nobre da Costa, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Gabriel Alonso, and Lydia Chukovskaya. After him are Aliki Vougiouklaki, William Bonin, Julio César Méndez Montenegro, Jon Pertwee, Camilla Horn, and Zainab Biisheva.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Yun Chi-young ranks 242 out of 1,128. Before him are Yiruma (1978), Yoo Young-chul (1970), Chang Taek-sang (1893), Chung Won-shik (1928), Jung Hae-in (1988), and Hwang Woo-suk (1953). After him are Park Sung-soo (1970), Bae Yong-joon (1972), Han Suk-kyu (1964), Kim Min-hee (1982), Kim Sae-ron (2000), and Han Hyo-joo (1987).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Yun Chi-young ranks 95. Before him are Jeong In-ji (1396), Lee Hae-chan (1952), Sin Sukju (1417), Lee Wan-koo (1950), Chang Taek-sang (1893), and Chung Won-shik (1928). After him are Kang Kyung-wha (1955), Ahn Cheol-soo (1962), Kim Eun-sook (1973), Choi Yo-sam (1973), Kim Jae-yup (1965), and Fleur Pellerin (1973).

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