Yi Sang-ryong

This is a Korean name; the family name is Yi.
Yi Sang-ryong
이상룡
李相龍
3rd President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office
1925–1926
Preceded by Park Eunsik
Succeeded by Yi Dong-nyung
Personal details
Born (1858-11-24)November 24, 1858
Andong, Gyeongsang-do, Joseon
Died June 15, 1932(1932-06-15) (aged 73)
Jilin, Manchuria
Nationality Korean

Yi Sang-ryong (November 24, 1859 - June 15, 1932) was a Korean Liberation activist, serving as the third president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea from 1925 to 1926. Yi Sang-ryong, along with Yi Si-yeong and Yi Dong-nyung, started the Military School of the New Rising (Sinheung Mugwan Hakkyo 신흥무관학교) in 1911.[1]

Korean name
Hangul 이상룡
Hanja 李相龍
Revised Romanization I Sang-ryong
McCune–Reischauer Yi Sangnyong

Notes

  1. ↑ Carter J. Eckert, Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson, and Edward W. Wagner, Korea Old and New: A History (Seoul: Ilchokak / Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990), 274.
Political offices
Preceded by
Park Eunsik		 Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
1925-1926 		Succeeded by
Yi Dong-nyung


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