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Syngman Rhee
President of South Korea from 1948 to 1960
This article is about the first president of South Korea. For the Presbyterian minister, see Syngman Rhee (clergyman).
In this Korean name, the family name is Rhee.
Syngman Rhee (Korean: 이승만; Hanja: 李承晚, pronounced[iː.sɯŋ.man];[b] 26 March 1875 – 19 July 1965) was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960.
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Rhee is also known by his art nameUnam (우남; 雩南).[1] Rhee was also the first and last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea from 1919 to his impeachment in 1925 and from 1947 to 1948.
As president of South Korea, Rhee's government was characterised by authoritarianism, limited economic development, and in the late 1950s growing political instability and public opposition.
Born in Hwanghae Province, Joseon, Rhee attended an American Methodist school, where he converted to Christianity