Vice President of South Korea

Vice President of the Republic of Korea
Vice President of the Republic of Korea
	Emblem
	Chang Myon
Appointer	Direct election
Term length	4 years
Precursor	None
Formation	24 July 1948
First holder	Yi Si-yeong
Final holder	Chang Myon
Abolished	23 April 1960

The Vice President of the Republic of Korea was the second highest executive office in South Korea. It was established upon South Korea's founding on 24 July 1948, and abolished in 1960.

The following is a list of vice presidents of South Korea since its independence.

To avoid confusion, all the names on this list follow the Eastern convention (family name first, given name second) for consistency.

The first column counts (individuals number) and the second column counts (administration number/term number).

List of vice presidents of South Korea

Political parties
Conservative Liberal Independent

No.	Portraits	Name	Term of office			Political party	President
No.	Portraits	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	President
1		Yi Si-yeong 이시영 李始榮 (1868 –1953)	24 July 1948	9 May 1951 (Resigned)	2 years, 288 days	Korea Democratic Party	Rhee Syng-man
2		Kim Seong-su 김성수 金性洙 (1891 –1955)	17 May 1951	29 May 1952 (Resigned)^[1]	1 year, 12 days	Korea Democratic Party
3		Ham Tae-young 함태영 咸台永 (1873 –1964)	15 June 1952	14 August 1956	4 years, 60 days	Independent
4		Chang Myon 장면 張勉 (1899 –1966)	15 August 1956	23 April 1960 (Resigned)	3 years, 251 days	Democratic Party

Notes

The results of the 1960 election were invalidated after the April Revolution.
The office of Vice President was abolished after 1960.

References

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Vice President of the Republic of Korea
Emblem
Chang Myon
Appointer	Direct election
Term length	4 years
Precursor	None
Formation	24 July 1948
First holder	Yi Si-yeong
Final holder	Chang Myon
Abolished	23 April 1960