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Syngman Rhee, or Lee Seungman or Yee Sung-man (March 26, 1875 – July 19, 1965), was the first president of South Korea. As a young man, he studied in the United States at George Washington University, Harvard, and Princeton University.
Oct 11, 2023 · October 11, 2023 | 1:34am EDT. In early Asian history at the University, one historical figure stands out: Syngman Rhee — Korea’s first president, who got a Ph.D. from Princeton in 1910. Despite a decades-long fight for Korean independence, Rhee’s legacy, however, is marked by increased authoritarianism and a resignation among mass protests.
Dr. Syngman Rhee (1875–1965) was an American-educated Korean exile who returned to his country to become the first President of South Korea in 1948. A fierce anticommunist but also an unpopular autocrat, Rhee led his nation—rather ineffectually—throughout the Korean War.
Syngman Rhee was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. Rhee is also known by his art name Unam. 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.
University of Hawaii Press, Nov 30, 2013 - History - 472 pages. The only full-scale history of Syngman Rhee’s (1875–1965) early career in English was published nearly six decades ago. Now, in...
Rhee Syngman, First President of the Republic of Korea | Boston Korean Diaspora Project. Rhee Syngman (Yi Seung Man) was born into a rural family on March 26 (Lunar calendar), 1875 in Hwanghae Province.
Learn about Syngman Rhee, the first president of South Korea and a key ally of the US during the Korean War, at the Wilson Center Digital Archive.
