Cho Man-sik
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 조만식 |
| Hancha | 曺 晩 植 |
|
Revised Romanization |
Jo Man-sik |
|
McCune- Reischauer |
Cho Mansik |
Cho Man-sik ( February 1, 1883 - October 15, 1950 ) was a Korean politician and nationalist leader.
As a young man, Cho Man-sik joined the Korean section of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) . He later held leading positions in the Methodist Church of Korea and became a Korean nationalist in the resistance against the incorporation of Korea into the Japanese Empire from 1905 (officially annexed since 1910 ) to 1945. After the surrender of Japan , Cho Man-sik became chairman elected to the Korean Democratic Party . The Soviet occupiers of the northern part of the Korean Peninsula appointed him finance minister of the so-called “People's Government” in August 1945 . After the return of the future North Korean head of state Kim Il-sung in October 1945, Cho and Kim became chairman of the Provisional People's Committee.
In the wake of the gradual consolidation of communist power in North Korea, Cho Man-sik was removed from office in February 1946 and placed under house arrest at the Pyongyang Koryo Hotel . Nevertheless, he continued to work against the communists under Kim Il-sung . In 1950 he was sentenced to death and executed at the instigation of the North Korean government .
The repression of Cho Man-sik and his subsequent physical elimination are part of the process of establishing the sole rule of Kim Il-sung and his party in the first years after the North Korean Democratic People's Republic of Korea was established .
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| SURNAME | Cho, Man-sik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 조만식 (Hangeul); 曺 晩 植 (Hanja); Jo, Man-sik (Revised Romanization); Cho, Mansik (McCune-Reischauer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | nationalist Korean politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1883 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1950 |