<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (November 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (November 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Syngman Rhee </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 이승만 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> 1st President of South Korea </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office July 24, 1948--April 26, 1960 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Vice President </Th> <Td> Yi Si - yeong Kim Seong - su Ham Tae - young Chang Myon Yun Posun </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Himself as the Chairman of the State Council of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Yun Posun </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Speaker of the National Assembly </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office May 31, 1948--July 24, 1948 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Office created </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Shin Ik - hee </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Chairman of the State Council of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office March 3, 1947--August 15, 1948 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Deputy </Th> <Td> Kim Koo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Kim Koo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Himself as the President of South Korea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office September 11, 1919--March 23, 1925 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prime Minister </Th> <Td> Yi Donghwi Yi Dongnyeong Sin Gyu - sik No Baek - rin Park Eunsik </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Office created </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Park Eunsik </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Personal details </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Rhee Syngman (1875 - 04 - 18) April 18, 1875 Neungnae - dong, Daegyeong - ri, Masan - myeon, Pyeongsan County, Hwanghae Province, Korea (now North Hwanghae, North Korea) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> July 19, 1965 (1965 - 07 - 19) (aged 90) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Resting place </Th> <Td> Seoul National Cemetery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Td> South Korean </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Political party </Th> <Td> Liberal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Seungseon Park (1890--1910) Francesca Donner (1934--1965) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Rhee Bong - su or 이봉수 (1898--1908) Rhee In - soo (Yi In - su) or 이인수 (b . 1931, adoptive) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Alma mater </Th> <Td> George Washington University (B.A.) Harvard University (M.A.) Princeton University (Ph. D .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Signature </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Korean name </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Hangul </Th> <Td> 이 승 만 / 리 승 만 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Hanja </Th> <Td> 李 承 晩 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Revised Romanization </Th> <Td> I Seung (-) man / Ri Seung (-) man </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> McCune--Reischauer </Th> <Td> I Sŭngman / Ri Sŭngman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Syngman Rhee </Th> </Tr>

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