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Francesca Maria Barbara Donner (Korean: 프란체스카 도너; Peurancheseuka Doneo; June 15, 1900 – March 19, 1992) was the inaugural First Lady of South Korea, from 1948 to 1960, as the second wife of Syngman Rhee, the first president of the Republic of Korea.
During the flight, Rhee and Francesca Donner, his Austrian wife, went to the cockpit to thank the pilot and crew. Rhee's wife offered the pilot a valuable diamond ring in thanks, which was courteously declined.
Oct 11, 2023 · Syngman Rhee, a Princeton Ph.D. graduate, went on to become the first president of South Korea in 1948. His tenure as president was marred by controversy over autocratic tendencies.
Rhee eventually became the first president of the Republic of Korea, and as a result his Austrian wife became South Korea’s first First Lady. To date, no scholarly publication has exclusively detailed Donner-Rhee’s life.
- Patrick Vierthaler
Syngman Rhee met his wife, Francesca Donner, an Austrian delegate, at a League of Nations conference in Geneva and they married in October, 1933. He died of stroke, on July 19, 1965, at the age of 90 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The first President of South Korea Syngman Rhee was married to an Austrian woman during his presidency, making Franziska Donner the First Lady. That means South Korea, a rather homogeneous country without a lot of exposure to the West (except US) at the time, had a non-Korean foreigner as its First Lady.
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Jul 19, 1998 · Syngman Rhee (born March 26, 1875, P’yŏngsan, Hwanghae province, Korea [now in North Korea]—died July 19, 1965, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.) was the first president of the Republic of Korea (South Korea).
