Yun Chi-young

Yun Chi-Young (Korea:윤치영, hanja:尹致暎, February 10, 1898 – February 10, 1996) was an independence activist, journalist, and politician, diplomat of South Korea. He was the first Interior Minister (1948), 2nd Republic of Korea Ambassador to France from 1950 to 1951, 1st, 2nd and 3rd National Assembly of South Korea and 13th Mayor of Seoul from 1963 to 1966. He studied in the United States and was an entourage to Syngman Rhee. During the Japanese occupation, he was a Chief Secretary of Rhee. After that, he actively participated in independence activities like actively participating in the Korea Commission to American and Europe in the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, producing the newspaper Samilshinbo, and assisting Syngman Rhee. Due to these independence activities, he was arrested in during the Heungeupkurakpu incident and served 9 months in prison.

Yun Chi-young 윤치영
1st Minister of the Interior
In office 15 August 1948 – 15 December 1948
President	Syngman Rhee
Preceded by	Politic Open
Succeeded by	Shin Sung-mo
13th Mayor of Seoul
In office 17 December 1963 – 30 March 1966
Preceded by	Yun Tae-il
Succeeded by	Kim Hyon-uk
Personal details
Born	(1898-02-10)10 February 1898 Seoul, Joseon Dynasty
Died	9 February 1996(1996-02-09) (aged 97) Seoul, South Korea
Political party	Korea Nationalist Party (1948–1958)
Other political affiliations	Lee Byung-young(1907–1923) Lee Eun-Hye (1924–1980)
Alma mater	American University, United States
Profession	Civil Servant Activist diplomat
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After the liberation in 1945, he was Syngman Rhee’s secretary, and he also was secretary general of Minjoowiwon. After the formation of the government in 1948, he served as Minister of the Interior and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly).

In the early days of the Syngman Rhee administration, he was known as the influential power of the ruling party.[1] Afterwards, he worked as a diplomatic special envoy for Syngman Rhee, and in 1948, he founded the Korea Nationalist Party, which was pro-Rhee, and served as a member of the supreme council. He ran for vice president in 1956 and 1960, but was defeated. During the Second Republic, he acted as an opposition politician, participated in the military government after the May 16th military coup, and in 1963 nominated President Park Chung-hee of the Supreme Council as the Republican presidential candidate and participated in civil administration. He served as mayor and chairman of the Democratic Republican Party. After 1968, he emphasized the need for a strong leader for economic development and actively supported Park Chung-hee's constitutional amendment for a third term. He was a Protestant, and he served as an elder of the church. He retired from politics in 1980 and worked as a social elder.

Throughout the Rhee and Park regimes, he took a different political course from Yun Posun.[2] He entered politics as a member of the Korea Democratic Party, but after joining the party, he left the party and organized a pro-Rhee Korea Nationalist Party to keep the two opposition parties (the Democratic Nationalists Party and the Korea Democratic Party in check

He was Yun Bo-seon's younger half-uncle, and politician and independence activist Yun Chi-ho's younger cousin. Yun Bo-seon is his second brother, and he is Yun Chi-So's son. His pen name is Dongsan (동산).