Yi Dong-nyeong

Yi Dongnyeong (also spelled Yi Dong-nyung) was a Korean independence activist. He served as the fourth (1926), seventh (1927–1930), eighth (1930–1933), tenth (1935–1939), and eleventh (1939–1940) President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in exile in Shanghai, China.

Yi Dongnyeong 이동녕 李東寧
Yi Dong-nyeong in the centre
5th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office April 29, 1926 – May 3, 1926
Preceded by	Yang Gi-tak
Succeeded by	Ahn Changho
7th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office May 16, 1926 – July 7, 1926
Preceded by	Ahn Changho
Succeeded by	Hong Jin
10th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office August, 1927 – June 24, 1933
Preceded by	Kim Ku
Succeeded by	Song Byeong-jo [ko]
12th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office October,1933 – March 13, 1940
Preceded by	Song Byeong-jo [ko]
Succeeded by	Kim Ku
Personal details
Born	(1869-10-06)October 6, 1869 Cheonan, Chungcheong-do, Joseon
Died	March 13, 1940(1940-03-13) (aged 70) Sichuan Province, China
Nationality	Korean
Korean name
Hangul	이동녕
Hanja	李東寧
Revised Romanization	I Dongnyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Tongnyŏng

Yi Dongnyeong, along with Yi Si-yeong, Yi Hoe-young and Yi Sang-ryong, started the Military School of the New Rising (Sinheung Mugwan Hakkyo 신흥무관학교) or Shinheung Military Academy in 1911.^[1]

He then took part in the establishment of an interim government, leading a provisional government in China for much of his life.

He died at 4:40pm on 13 March 1940, on the second floor of the Provisional Government headquarters in Chongqing. He had spent ten days in bed, suffering from pneumonia, and had previously suffered from asthma for years before his death.^[2]

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