Kim Sǒng-su (English spelling)

Japanese: 金性洙 - きんせいしゅ（英語表記）Kim Sǒng-su

[Born] Gojong 28 (1891).10.21. Buan, Jeollabuk-do
[Died] February 18, 1955. Korean educator and politician from Busan. His pen name was Inchon. He returned to Korea after graduating from the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University in 1914. In 1915 he became the head of Central School. In 1919 he established the Keijo Spinning Company. In 1920 he launched the private Korean-language newspaper Dong-A Ilbo. After traveling to Europe and America from 1929 to 1931, he became the head of Bosung Technical School (now Korea University) in 1932. As a member of the ethnic bourgeoisie, he led colonial Korean nationalism in education, industry, and speech. After liberation in 1945, he was appointed chairman of the advisory council to the US military government and in 1946 he played an active role in establishing the government as chief general secretary (party leader) of the Democratic Party of Korea. He was elected the second vice president in 1951, but declined in 1952 in opposition to the dictatorship of Yi Seung-man. While leading the opposition party, he died of illness in Busan, where he had taken refuge, on February 18, 1955 during the Korean War.

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Japanese:

[生]高宗28(1891).10.21. 全羅北道，扶安
[没]1955.2.18. 釜山
韓国の教育家，政治家。号は仁村。 1914年早稲田大学政経学部卒業後帰国，15年中央学校校主となり，19年京城紡織株式会社を設立，20年朝鮮語 (ハングル) による民間紙『東亜日報』を創刊。 29～31年欧米旅行ののち，32年普成専門学校 (現高麗大学校) の校主を引受けるなど，民族ブルジョアジーとして教育，産業，言論で植民地朝鮮のナショナリズムをリード。 45年解放とともにアメリカ軍政庁顧問会議長，46年韓国民主党首席総務 (党首) として政府樹立に活躍し，51年第2代副大統領に選ばれたが，イ・スンマン (李承晩) の独裁に反対して 52年辞退。野党を指導しつつ，55年2月 18日朝鮮戦争中に避難地釜山で病死した。

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