Seongjae Yi Si-yeong (Korean: 이시영; Hanja: 李始榮; December 3, 1868 – April 19, 1953) was a Korean politician, independence activist, educator and neo-Confucianist scholar. He was the first vice president of South Korea from 1948 to 1951.^[1] Yi resigned after the National Defense Corps incident of 1951. His art names were Seongjae (성재; 省齋) or Sirimsanin (시림산인; 始林山人). Before the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, he had served for Joseon as the Governor of South Pyongan Province and the President of Hansung Law Court.

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Yi Si-yeong
1st Vice President of South Korea
In office 24 July 1948 – 9 May 1951
President	Syngman Rhee
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Kim Seong-su
Personal details
Born	3 December 1868 Hanseong-bu, Joseon
Died	19 April 1953(1953-04-19) (aged 84) Busan, South Korea
Political party	Democratic Party
Korean name
Hangul	이시영
Hanja	李始榮
Revised Romanization	I Siyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Ri Siyŏng
Art name
Hangul	성재
Hanja	省齋
Revised Romanization	Seongjae
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏngjae
Courtesy name
Hangul	성흡
Hanja	聖翕
Revised Romanization	Seongheup
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏnghŭp
Pen name
Hangul	시림산인
Hanja	始林山人
Revised Romanization	Sirimsanin
McCune–Reischauer	Sirimsanin

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• Gamseemanuh (감시만어; 感時漫語)

• Portrayed by Jo Young-jin in the 2010 KBS TV series Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe-young.

• Syngman Rhee
• Kim Kyu-sik
• Kim Ku
• Kim Seong-su
• Chang Myon