Cho Byeong-ok
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Cho Byeong-ok was a South Korean politician. He ran against incumbent president Syngman Rhee
in the 1960 Presidential Elections but died just days before the election. Rhee received 90% of the vote.
Syngman Rhee
Syngman Rhee or Yi Seungman was the first president of South Korea. His presidency, from August 1948 to April 1960, remains controversial, affected by Cold War tensions on the Korean peninsula and elsewhere. Rhee was regarded as an anti-Communist and a strongman, and he led South Korea through the...
in the 1960 Presidential Elections but died just days before the election. Rhee received 90% of the vote.