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Ye Wanyong

1858 - 1926

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Lee Wan-yong (Korean: 이완용; pronounced [iː wɐȵoŋ]; 17 July 1858 – 12 February 1926), also spelled Yi Wan-yong or Ye Wan-yong, was a Korean politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Korea. He is best remembered for signing the Eulsa Treaty and the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, which placed Korea under Japanese rule in 1910. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ye Wanyong has received more than 181,256 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ye Wanyong is the 7,937th most popular politician (down from 6,210th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 85th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular South Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ye Wanyong ranks 7,937 out of 19,576Before him are Hildeprand, Anandyn Amar, Prince Carl Bernadotte, Galvarino, Alexander De Croo, and Dirk V, Count of Holland. After him are Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg, Sabah I bin Jaber, Amursana, Anacaona, Mary Simon, and Gerberga, wife of Carloman I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Ye Wanyong ranks 60Before him are Ethel Smyth, Pandita Ramabai, John L. Sullivan, Joséphin Péladan, William Henry Pickering, and Gustaf Kossinna. After him are Maximilien Luce, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Archibald Gracie IV, Jenő Hubay, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, and Emma Calvé. Among people deceased in 1926, Ye Wanyong ranks 45Before him are Théo van Rysselberghe, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Robert Todd Lincoln, Edwin Abbott Abbott, Nikolay Chkheidze, and Désiré-Joseph Mercier. After him are Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Annie Oakley, Helen Allingham, Leonid Krasin, Katō Takaaki, and Ivana Kobilca.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Ye Wanyong ranks 105 out of 1,128Before him are Beopheung of Silla (500), Ko Un (1933), Lee Min-ho (1987), Jimin (1995), Choi Eun-hee (1926), and Kim Ung-yong (1963). After him are Kim Seok-jin (1992), RM (1994), Byung-Chul Han (1959), Bong Joon-ho (1969), Son Heung-min (1992), and Hong Myung-bo (1969).

Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Ye Wanyong ranks 63Before him are Heo Jeong (1896), Chung Hong-won (1944), Kim Jong-pil (1926), Lee Jong-wook (1945), Kim Kyu-sik (1881), and Beopheung of Silla (500). After him are Kim Seong-su (1891), Goh Kun (1938), Pak Song-chol (1913), Lyuh Woon-hyung (1886), Chungjeong of Goryeo (1338), and Han Seung-soo (1936).