Chang Myon

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The Right Honourable Chang Myon
장면; 張勉
Chang c. 1955
Prime Minister of South Korea
In office August 19, 1960 – May 17, 1961
President	Yun Posun
Preceded by	Ho Chong
Succeeded by	Chang Do-yong[a]
In office November 23, 1950 – April 23, 1952
President	Syngman Rhee
Preceded by	Shin Song-mo (acting)
Succeeded by	Yi Yun-yong (acting) Chang Taek-sang
Vice President of South Korea
In office May 30, 1956 – April 24, 1960
President	Syngman Rhee
Preceded by	Ham Tae-young
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	(1899-08-28)August 28, 1899 Jeokseon-dong, Jongno District, Seoul, Korean Empire
Died	June 4, 1966(1966-06-04) (aged 66) Myeongryun-dong, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse	Kim Ok-yun
Children	9, including Chang Yik
Alma mater	Manhattan College
Signature
Korean name
Hangul	장면
Hanja	張勉
Revised Romanization	Jang Myeon
McCune–Reischauer	Chang Myŏn
Art name
Hangul	운석
Hanja	雲石
Revised Romanization	Unseok
McCune–Reischauer	Unsŏk

Chang Myon (Korean: 장면; August 28, 1899 – June 4, 1966) was a South Korean statesman, educator, diplomat, journalist and social activist as well as a Roman Catholic youth activist. He was the only prime minister of the parliamentary Second Republic. In addition, during the First Republic he was the fourth and last vice president of South Korea. His art name was Unseok (운석). His English name was John Chang Myon (baptismal name, surname, given name, respectively).

Under Japanese rule, Chang worked in education as a school teacher, administrator, and principal. In 1948, he led the delegation of the Republic of Korea to the UN General Assembly. In 1949, he became the first ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States. In 1950, he successfully appealed to the United States and the UN to send troops to assist in the Korean War. On November 23, 1950, he was appointed the prime minister of the First Republic of Korea. From 1956 to 1960, he served as the vice president of the First Republic of Korea.

When Syngman Rhee's government was ousted by the student-led pro-democracy uprising of April Revolution, he was elected the prime minister of the Second Republic in 1960. After the country adopted a parliamentary system in response to Rhee's abuse of presidential power, Chang became the head of government. Chang Myon's government ended when Park Chung Hee led a successful military coup on May 16, 1961.^[1]

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