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Ho Chong | |
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Acting President of South Korea | |
In office 3 May 1960 – 12 August 1960 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Rhee Syngman |
Succeeded by | Yun Posun |
6th Prime Minister of South Korea | |
In office 15 June 1960 – 18 August 1960 | |
President | Himself (acting) |
Preceded by | Ho Chong (Ministries involved) |
Succeeded by | Chang Myon |
8th Mayor of Seoul | |
In office 14 December 1957 – 11 June 1959 | |
Preceded by | Goh Chaebong |
Succeeded by | Kim Heung Soon |
Personal details | |
Born | Pusan, Gyeongsang-do, Joseon (now Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea) | April 8, 1896
Died | September 18, 1988 Seoul, South Korea | (aged 92)
Political party | Democratic Party |
Spouse | Baek Gui-Ran |
Alma mater | Bosung College |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 허정 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Heo Jeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Hŏ Chŏng |
Art name | |
Hangul | 우양 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Uyang |
McCune–Reischauer | Uyang |
Ho Chong[a] (Korean: 허정; Hanja: 許政; April 8, 1896 – September 18, 1988) was a South Korean politician and Korean independence activist, who served as the sixth Prime Minister of South Korea during the country's Second Republic.
In 1960, he was an acting prime minister during the First South Korean Republic. In addition, he headed a caretaker government for a brief time following the 1960 April Revolution which overthrew the First Republic. Ho was also known by the art name, Uyang (우양; 友洋; lit. friend of the seas), and an alternative name, Heo Sung-su (허성수; 許聖洙).
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