Yi Dongnyeong

Yi Dongnyeong (also spelled Yi Dong-nyung; 6 October 1869 – 13 March 1940) was a Korean independence activist. He served as the fourth, seventh (1927–1930), eighth (1930–1933), tenth (1935–1939), and eleventh (1939–1940) President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in exile in Shanghai, China.

Yi Dongnyeong, along with Yi Si-yeong, Yi Hoeyŏng and Yi Sangnyong, started the Sinhŭng Military Academy.

After the establishment of the Korean Provisional Government in 1919, he participated in it until his death.

He died at 4:40pm on 13 March 1940, on the second floor of the Provisional Government headquarters in Chongqing. He had spent ten days in bed, suffering from pneumonia, and had previously suffered from asthma for years before his death.