# Song Yo-chan

> Song Yo Chan was prime minister of South Korea from 3 July 1961 to 16 June 1962. Previously, he had been the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 22 July 1961 – 10 October 1961 and was a lieutenant general. He ordered the arrest of corrupt officers in the army. He had studied politics and economics at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. During the final days of the First Republic of South Korea of president Syngman Rhee, he declared martial law and demanded the resignation of Rhee. Song Yo Chan refused to quell student-led protesters even though the police asked for bullets and troops. These protests are known as the April Revolution.

*Prime MInister of South Korea, former Japanese soldier (1918-1980)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** South Korea
- **Born:** 1918-02-13
- **Died:** 1980-10-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.7 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 10.3 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [宋堯讚](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%8B%E5%A0%AF%E8%AE%9A)
- [سونغ واي اوه-تشان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [سونج واى اوه تشان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [سۆنگ یۆ-چان](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%86%D9%86%DA%AF_%DB%8C%DB%86-%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Song Yo-chan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Yo-chan)
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- [Song Yo-chan](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Yo-chan)
- [宋堯讃](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%8B%E5%A0%AF%E8%AE%83)
- [송요찬](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%A1%EC%9A%94%EC%B0%AC)
- [Song Yo-chan](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Yo-chan)
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- [宋堯讚](https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%8B%E5%A0%AF%E8%AE%9A)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483124)

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