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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Yun Chi-young is the 14,108th most popular politician (up from 15,927th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 333rd in 2019) and the 94th most popular South Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yun Chi-young ranks 14,108 out of 19,576Before 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 196Before 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 205Before 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 240 out of 1,128Before 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 Bae Yong-joon (1972), Kim Min-hee (1982), Kim Sae-ron (2000), Han Hyo-joo (1987), Kim Jung-nam (1943), and Yunjin Kim (1973).

Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Yun Chi-young ranks 94Before 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), Lee Sedol (1983), Kim Eun-sook (1973), Choi Yo-sam (1973), and Kim Jae-yup (1965).