POLITICIAN

Chang Myon

1899 - 1966

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chang Myon has received more than 156,293 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. Chang Myon is the 3,488th most popular politician (down from 3,320th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 56th in 2019) and the 45th most popular South Korean Politician.

In the early 1900s, Mao Zedong led the Communist Party of China in a civil war against the Nationalist Party of China, and eventually became the leader of the country. He implemented a series of economic and social reforms known as the Great Leap Forward, which caused a famine that killed millions of people.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chang Myon ranks 3,488 out of 19,576. Before him are Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Emperor Momozono, Droupadi Murmu, Princess Louise of Belgium, Pak Pong-ju, and Archidamus II. After him are Miguel Díaz-Canel, Bounnhang Vorachith, Laura Bush, Choe Yong-rim, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, and Theobald II of Navarre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Chang Myon ranks 41. Before him are Jean Moulin, Georg von Békésy, Suzanne Lenglen, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Leo Strauss, and Bronislav Kaminski. After him are Lucio Fontana, Macfarlane Burnet, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Sobhuza II, James Cagney, and Franz Jonas. Among people deceased in 1966, Chang Myon ranks 31. Before him are Paul Reynaud, Albert Göring, Carlo Carrà, Abdul Salam Arif, Rolf Maximilian Sievert, and Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski. After him are Herbert Gille, D. T. Suzuki, Cléo de Mérode, Ludwig Binswanger, Gino Severini, and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Chang Myon ranks 57 out of 1,128. Before him are Queen Inhyeon (1667), Crown Prince Sado (1735), Kim Ki-duk (1960), Yun Chi-ho (1864), Nam June Paik (1932), and Sin Saimdang (1504). After him are Choe Yeong (1316), Munmu of Silla (626), Jeong Dojeon (1342), Song Hye-rim (1937), Heungseon Daewongun (1820), and Kim Tu-bong (1889).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Chang Myon ranks 45. Before him are Heonjong of Joseon (1827), Pak Hon-yong (1900), Gim Yu-sin (595), Yoon Suk Yeol (1960), Hyeokgeose of Silla (-69), and Crown Prince Sado (1735). After him are Munmu of Silla (626), Jeong Dojeon (1342), Heungseon Daewongun (1820), Kim Tu-bong (1889), Kim Jae-gyu (1926), and Queen Munjeong (1501).

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