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Chung Il-kwon
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South Korean general, politician (1917–1994)
Key facts
- President
- Park Chung Hee
- Deputy
- Chang Ki-young [ ko ]
- Preceded by
- Choi Tu-son
- Succeeded by
- Baek Du-jin
- Born
- ( 1917-11-21 ) November 21, 1917, Nikolsk-Ussuriysky , Primorskaya Oblast , Russian SFSR
- Died
- January 17, 1994 (1994-01-17) (aged 76), Hawaii , United States
- Occupation
- Politician, cabinet minister, South Korean prime minister
- Awards
- Honorary Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (Malaysia)
- Allegiance
- Manchukuo , South Korea
- Branch service
- Manchukuo Imperial Army (1941–1945), Republic of Korea Army
- Years of service
- 1941–1957
- Rank
- Captain , General
- Battles wars
- Second Sino-Japanese War , Korean War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Jung
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- Ussuriysk
- Place of death
- Honolulu
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Political party
- Democratic-Republican Party
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Manchukuo Imperial Army
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Il Kwon Chung, 1961.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chung Il-kwon
- date of birth
- 1917-11-21
- date of death
- 1994-01-17
- manner of death
- natural causes
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Chŏng Ilgwŏn
- Revised Romanization
- Jeong Il-gwon
- cause of death
- lymphoma
- place of burial
- Seoul National Cemetery
- member of
- Japan–Korea Parliamentarians' Union
- name in native language
- 정일권
- name in kana
- なかじま いっけん
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Encyclopedic overview
Chung Il-kwon (Korean: 정일권; November 21, 1917 – January 17, 1994) was a South Korean politician, diplomat, and soldier. A general in the Republic of Korea Army, he served as foreign minister 1963 to 1964, and prime minister from 1964 to 1970. He was an ally of President Park Chung Hee.
His art name was Chungsa (청사). He was also known by the Japanese pronunciation of his name: Tei Ikken.
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