Yun Po Sun
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Template:Koreanname noimage Yun Po Sun (August 26, 1897–July 18, 1990) was the President of South Korea from 1960 to 1962.
Born in Asan, South Chungcheong province, Yun graduated with an M.A. from the University of Edinburgh in 1930. He entered politics after Japanese occupation ended in 1945, with Syngman Rhee being his mentor. In 1948, Yun was appointed by Rhee as mayor of Seoul. A year later, he was appointed as the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Soon, he started to disagree with Rhee's authoritarian policies. He then served as president of the Red Cross Society, before being elected to the National Assembly in 1954. A year later, he founded the opposition Democratic Party along with several others.
After Rhee's government was ousted by a student-led pro-democracy uprising, Yun was elected president on August 13, 1960. He ruled for a couple of years, but his rule was not very effective due to internal rivalries within the Democratic Party. On March 22, 1962, he resigned, following a coup led by Major General Park Chung Hee a year earlier. He opposed Park's authoritarian rule and ran for president twice in 1963 and 1967, losing each time. After receiving suspended sentences several times for anti-government activities, Yun retired from politics in 1980 and focused primarily on cultural activities until his death from diabetic conditions and high blood pressure in 1990.
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| Preceded by: Rhee Syng-man | President of South Korea 1960–1962 | Succeeded by: Park Chung Hee Template:End box Template:Korea-stub Template:Politician-stubja:尹ボ善 ko:윤보선 zh:尹潽善 |