Syngman Rhee

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Syngman Rhee was the first President of South Korea, a staunch anti-communist leader who governed the country from its founding in 1948 until his resignation amid mass protests in 1960.

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Label Occurrences
Syngman Rhee canonical 5
Syngman Rhee administration 2
Rhee Syng-man 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf President of South Korea
human
politician
academicDegree PhD
alliance United States of America
surface form: United States
birthName Syngman Rhee self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rhee Syng-man
causeOfDeath stroke
conflict Korean War
countryOfCitizenship South Korea
surface form: Korea

South Korea
dateOfBirth 1875-03-26
dateOfDeath 1965-07-19
educatedAt George Washington University
Harvard University
Princeton University
exile United States of America
surface form: United States
fieldOfStudy politics
gender male
ideology anti-communism
conservatism
languageSpoken English
Korean
movement March 1st Movement
surface form: Korean independence movement
name Syngman Rhee self-link
nativeName Syngman Rhee self-linksurface differs
surface form: 이승만
nativeNameLanguage ko
notableEvent April Revolution
notableFor being the first President of South Korea
leading South Korea during the early Cold War era
notableWork leadership of South Korea during the Korean War
occupation educator
statesman
officeEndTime 1960-04-26
officeStartTime 1948-07-24
orderInOffice 1
placeOfBirth Hwanghae Province
Korean Empire
placeOfDeath Hawaii
Honolulu
United States of America
surface form: United States
positionHeld Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
President of South Korea
predecessor office established
reasonForResignation mass protests against electoral fraud and authoritarian rule
religion Methodism
residence Honolulu
Seoul
spouse Francesca Donner
successor Yun Posun

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Liberal Democratic Party (South Korea) timeInPowerContext Syngman Rhee
this entity surface form: Syngman Rhee administration
Democratic Party (South Korea, historical) opposedTo Syngman Rhee
this entity surface form: Syngman Rhee administration
Syngman Rhee name Syngman Rhee self-link
Syngman Rhee birthName Syngman Rhee self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rhee Syng-man
Syngman Rhee nativeName Syngman Rhee self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 이승만
April Revolution opposed Syngman Rhee
this entity surface form: Syngman Rhee regime
Yun Posun predecessor Syngman Rhee