Sin Ik-hui
Sin Ik-hui was a Korean independence activist and politician. He was National Assembly of South Korea|Speaker of the National Assembly] during President Syngman Rhee's first term and second term.
His nickname was Haegong or Haehu and his courtesy name was Yeogu. He also went by the name Patrick Henry Shinicky in English-language publications.
Early life
Sin was born in Samaru country in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province. He was a descendant of Sin Rip, Sin Kyung-hee, and Sin Saimdang.He became an orphan and his second elder half-brother Sin Kyu-hee nurtured him. In his early years, he studied abroad in Japan.
Political career
In April 1919, he went into exile to Shanghai, China to join the Korean Provisional Government.He was involved in the creation of the National Assembly of the KPG and was elected one of its congressmen. On 23 April 1919, he was appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In August 1919, Sin became Vice Minister of Justice and then Minister of Justice in the following month. In September 1920, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1930s he worked as an English professor at a Chinese University.
In May 1940, he was appointed to Provisional Government of Korea, and in 1944 he was reappointed to Interior Minister to the Provisional Government.
In May 1948, he was elected Congressman of South Korean National Assembly. On 4 August 1948 he was 2nd term head of First Republic and 19 June 1950, he again was Speaker until 30 May 1954.
In 1955, he was involved with the founding of the Democratic Party (South [Korea, 1955)|Democratic Party] and was later elected its fourth leader. In 1956, he ran for president.