Yun Posun
2nd President of South Korea (1897-1990)
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- South Korea rank#225
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- Fame59.6
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- South Korea rank#225
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Lived 1897–1990, aged 93South Korea
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Updated 2026-06-08
South Korea's second president, installed in 1960 after a student uprising ended Syngman Rhee's autocracy — then stripped of real power by the very parliamentary system that put him there. A year later Park Chung Hee's tanks rolled and Yun was out.
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Born in 1897, Yun entered politics after World War II and climbed quickly: Secretary to Korea's Chief of Staff in 1947, Mayor of Seoul in 1948, Commerce Minister from 1949 to 1950. In 1955 he helped establish the South Korean Democratic Party. When the April Revolution toppled Syngman Rhee in 1960, Yun became president of the new Second Republic — a ceremonial role in a parliamentary system that left him little more than a figurehead. On May 16, 1961, Park Chung Hee launched a military coup and forced Yun's resignation. He lived another three decades, dying in 1990, the man who held the office…
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