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Yun Posun

1897 - 1990

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Yun Po-sun (Korean: 윤보선, pronounced [junbosʌn] or [jun] [posʌn]; August 26, 1897 – July 18, 1990) was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the president of South Korea from 1960 to 1962. He was the only president of the short-lived Second Republic of Korea, and served as little more than a figurehead due to its nature as a parliamentary system. Having entered politics after World War II, Yun served as Secretary to Korea's Chief of Staff in 1947, and was Mayor of Seoul in 1948. He served as Commerce Minister for the newly liberated Korea from 1949 to 1950. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yun Posun is the 1,150th most popular politician (up from 1,846th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 34th in 2019) and the 17th most popular South Korean Politician.

Yun posun is most famous for its variety of noodles.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yun Posun ranks 1,150 out of 19,576. Before him are Alfonso XII of Spain, Chaim Weizmann, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Béla Kun, Constantine IX Monomachos, and Frederick V of Denmark. After him are Modu Chanyu, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Şehzade Cihangir, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Bernie Sanders, and Petro Poroshenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Yun Posun ranks 15. Before him are Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Ivan Konev, Subhas Chandra Bose, Thích Quảng Đức, Paavo Nurmi, and Ludwig Erhard. After him are Jiroemon Kimura, Anthony Eden, Lucky Luciano, Wilhelm Reich, Georges Bataille, and Odd Hassel. Among people deceased in 1990, Yun Posun ranks 9. Before him are Greta Garbo, Paulette Goddard, Louis Althusser, Sammy Davis Jr., Alberto Moravia, and Leonard Bernstein. After him are Ava Gardner, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, B. F. Skinner, Roald Dahl, Pavel Cherenkov, and Sarah Vaughan.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Yun Posun ranks 20 out of 1,128. Before him are Park Geun-hye (1952), Lee Byung-chul (1910), Empress Gi (1315), Roh Tae-woo (1932), Kim Young-sam (1927), and Sunjong of Korea (1874). After him are Yeongjo of Joseon (1694), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Sejo of Joseon (1417), Yeonsangun of Joseon (1476), Seonjo of Joseon (1552), and Han Duck-soo (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Yun Posun ranks 17. Before him are Gojong of Korea (1852), Park Geun-hye (1952), Empress Gi (1315), Roh Tae-woo (1932), Kim Young-sam (1927), and Sunjong of Korea (1874). After him are Yeongjo of Joseon (1694), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Sejo of Joseon (1417), Yeonsangun of Joseon (1476), Seonjo of Joseon (1552), and Han Duck-soo (1949).

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