Kim Seong-su

For other people with the same name, see Gim Seong-su (disambiguation).

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Seong-su
김성수
File:Donga kim.JPG
2nd Vice President of South Korea
In office 17 May 1951 – 29 May 1952
President	Syngman Rhee
Preceded by	Yi Si-yeong
Succeeded by	Ham Tae-young
Personal details
Born	(1891-10-11)11 October 1891 Jeolla-do, Joseon (now South Korea)
Died	Seoul, South Korea
Political party	Korea Democratic Party

Kim Seong-su
Hangul	김성수
Hanja	金性洙
Revised Romanization	Gim Seong-su
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Sŏngsu
Pen name
Hangul	인촌
Hanja	仁村
Revised Romanization	Inchon
McCune–Reischauer	Inch'on
Courtesy name
Hangul	판석
Hanja	判錫
Revised Romanization	Panseok
McCune–Reischauer	P'ansŏk

Kim Seong-su (김성수, 金性洙; October 11, 1891 – February 18, 1955) was a Korean educator, independence activist, journalist, entrepreneur, politician and calligrapher, the second Vice President of South Korea serving 1951–1952. He founded Korea University and Dong-A Ilbo. Kim was born in Gochang county, North Jeolla province. nickname was Inchon (인촌; 仁村), it was "the Good Village".

Life

Education

• 1908 October Japan saysocugakuen English high school
• 1910 March Jincheng middle school Graduation
• 1910 April Waseda University Henan Branch
• 1911 Waseda University Political and Economic Studies
• 1914 Waseda University political science soldier, your country

Life

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Kim Seong-su and Syngman Rhee (one day of 1951)

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Kim Seong-su and Syngman Rhee (one day of 1951)

• 1914 private school Hakusan high school building lease zoned, North Korea Zong Government House not allow non-bulk
• 1915 April joongang high School cited by the consortium
• 1915 joongang high School economics teacher
• joongang high School General
• 1917 October capital of New Zealand Ltd. weave
• 1919 31 Movement plus Tam caught red-handed. Release.
• 1920 April 1 Dong-A Ilbo the creation of
• 1923 Jo Man-sik so I Property Awards Campaigns
• 1932 March financial difficulties Korea University cited by the same year, Chang took office in June 敎
• 1937 Ewha Women's University Director
• 1941 Japanese Emperor in WU's renamed request rejected
• 1945 September Republic of Korea Democratic Party(한민당) founders of the party
• 1946 Korea University Chairman quit
• 1946 South Korea transitional legislative assembly elections, to run for losers
• 1948 Republic of Korea Democratic Party party in the first
• 1948 August South Korea Prime Minister and passed to fall
• 1949 democratic nationalist party(민주국민당) on behalf of the Standard
• 1951 May 17 Republic of Korea No. 2 on behalf of the Vice-President
• 1952 May 29 Republic of Korea No. 2 on behalf of the retiring Vice-President
• Republic of Korea Democratic Party Consultant
• 1955 February 18 deaths

Book

• 《InCheonjip》 (인촌집)

External links

• inchonmemorial site
• Kim Seong-su (Korean)
• Kim Seong-su (Korean)
• Kim Seong-su:Daum (Korean)
• Kim Seong-su (Korean)
• 김성수와 젊은 그들 (Korean)
• Inchon Kim Seong-su (Korea)
• 인촌 김성수 선생, 각계 지도자들의 증언 (Korean)
• 경세가가 꿈꾼 백년대계 ... 島山·南岡 등에게서 영향 받아 : 김성수의 교육입국 (Korean)

References

• Choong Soon Kim, Sŏng-su Kim, 《A Korean nationalist entrepreneur: a life history of Kim Sŏngsu, 1891-1955》 (SUNY Press, 1998)

Political offices
Preceded by Lee Si-yeong	Vice President of South Korea 1951–1952	Succeeded by Ham Tae-young