Heo Jeong

Heo Jeong
허정
Jeong in the early 1950s, during his tenure as the mayor of Seoul.
6th Prime Minister of South Korea
In office June 15, 1960 – August 18, 1960
Preceded by	Heo Jeong (Ministries involved)
Succeeded by	Chang Myon
Personal details
Born	April 8, 1896 Pusan, Gyeongsang-do, Joseon Dynasty (now Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea)
Died	September 18, 1988 (aged 92) Seoul, South Korea
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Baek Gui-Ran

Korean name
Hangul	허정
Hanja	許政
Revised Romanization	Heo Jeong
McCune–Reischauer	Hŏ Chŏng
Pen name
Hangul	우양
Hanja	友洋
Revised Romanization	Uyang
McCune–Reischauer	Uyang

Heo Jeong (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.^[1]

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. Heo was also known by the nickname, "Uyang" (Korean: 우양; Hanja: 友洋; literally "friend of the seas"), and an alternative name, Heo Sung-su (Korean: 허성수; Hanja: 許聖洙).

Career

Heo Jeong was born in Busan, South Gyeongsang province. His father, Heo Mun-il, was a wealthy merchant. In 1922 Heo was put into a political asylum lent a hand to Syngman Rhee. From 1922 to 1936, Heo participated in Korean resistance movements. On September 2, 1945, he joined the Korea Democratic Party(한국 민주당, 韓國民主黨). In 1950 he was appointed to Acting Prime minister and later 1951, hold additional Minister of Health of South Korea to 1952. In 1957 to 1959 he was appointed to Mayor of Seoul, later he was dispatch to Japan and his title was South Korean special envoy to Japan. In April 16, he was Foreign minister. April 25, he was appoint to Acting Prime minister so the next day President Syngman Rhee's resignation, Heo Jeong was held additional to Acting President to that years August 18. In July 16, 1960, he was appointed to 6th Prime minister, by South Korean National Assemblys. He was kept to Acting President of South Korea until elected successor President Yun Bo-seon.

In 1919 he met Syngman Rhee, a Methodist church of Seoul. From that time until 1960 Heo Jeong was Syngman Rhee's enthusiastic follower.

Bibliography

• 《For After Day's Testimony》(내일을 위한 증언) (SaemTer; 1979)

See also

• April 19 Movement
• Politics of South Korea
• History of South Korea
• Syngman Rhee

References

1. "Yahu! Baekgwasajeon 야후! 백과사전 In Korean: [Yahoo! Encyclopedia], s.v. "Heo Jeong" (허정)".

Site link

• Heo Jeong (Korean)