Chang Myon's Democratic Endeavor

Chang Myon

Born in Hanseong, Chang Myon served as Prime Minister during South Korea's short-lived Second Republic following the 1960 April Revolution. He attempted to implement parliamentary democracy, expand civil liberties, and plan economic growth before his administration was overthrown by the 1961 military coup.

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1899	Birth of Chang Myon (Period: August 28, 1899, Location: Jeokseon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea (then Hanseong)) Birth and Early Life (Chang Myon, Period: August 28, 1899, Location: Jeokseon-dong, Jongno-gu, Hanseong, Korean Empire (Present-day Jeokseon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea))
1906	Education at Incheon Bakmun School (Chang Myon, Age: 6 years old, Period: 1906–1914, Location: Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea)
1916	Marriage (Age: 16 years old, Period: March 1916, Location: Incheon region, Republic of Korea) Marriage (Chang Myon and Kim Ok-yun, Age: 16 years old, Period: March 1916, Location: Incheon region, Republic of Korea (Specific wedding venue unknown))
1917	Graduation from Suwon Agriculture and Forestry School (Chang Myon, Age: 17 years old, Period: May 25, 1917, Location: Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea)
1918	Studies and Teaching Career at YMCA Village School (Age: 18 years old, Period: 1918–1921, Location: Seoul, Republic of Korea)
1919	March 1st Movement (Age: 19 years old, Period: March 1, 1919, Location: Various regions across the Korean Peninsula (Nationwide regions centered on Seoul))
1921	Study in the United States (Age: 21 years old, Period: 1948–1950, Location: Washington D.C., Greeley (Colorado), California, USA, etc.)
1925	Catholic Education and School Management (Chang Myon, Age: 25 years old, Period: 1925–1945, Location: Pyongyang, Seoul, Republic of Korea) Visit to Italy and Return to Korea (Chang Myon, Age: 25 years old, Period: July–August 1925, Location: Rome, Italy; Seoul, Republic of Korea, etc.)
1939	World War II (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1939–1945, Location: Iran)
1946	Participation in the Interim Legislative Assembly under US Military Government (Age: 46 years old, Period: 1946, Location: Seoul, Republic of Korea)
1948	Delegation of South Korean Representatives to the UN General Assembly (Age: 48 years old, Period: 1948, Location: Paris, France)
1949	Assumption of Office as the First South Korean Ambassador to the United States (Chang Myon, Age: 49 years old, Period: 1949, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1950	Evacuation and Diplomatic Activities of the Syngman Rhee Administration During the Korean War (Age: 50 years old, Period: June 1950 – July 1953, Location: Seoul, Republic of Korea; Washington, D.C., United States; UN Headquarters, etc.) Korean War (Age: 50 years old, Period: 1950–1953, Location: Korean Peninsula) Assumption of Office as the 2nd Prime Minister (Chang Myon, Age: 51 years old, Period: November 23, 1950 – April 23, 1952, Location: Busan, etc., Republic of Korea)
1955	Participation in the Formation of the Democratic Party (Age: 55 years old, Period: 1955, Location: Seoul, Republic of Korea)
1956	Assumption of Office as the 4th Vice President (Chang Myon, Age: 56 years old, Period: August 15, 1956 – April 25, 1960, Location: Seoul, Republic of Korea)
1960	Preparation of the Five-Year Economic Development Plan (Age: 60 years old, Period: 1960–1961, Location: All of the Republic of Korea) February 28 Daegu Student Pro-Democracy Movement (Age: 60 years old, Period: February 28, 1960, Location: Daegu Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea) March 15 Election Fraud (Age: 60 years old, Period: March 15, 1960, Location: Various regions in Korea) April Revolution (Age: 60 years old, Period: April 1960 (centered around April 19), Location: Seoul, Republic of Korea; Masan (Present-day Changwon), etc., across the country) Assumption of Office as Prime Minister of the Second Republic (Chang Myon, Age: 60 years old, Period: August 19, 1960 – May 17, 1961, Location: Seoul, Republic of Korea)
1961	Hiding and Restrictions on Political Activities Following the Military Coup (Age: 61 years old, Period: May 1961 – 1962, Location: Seoul, Republic of Korea) May 16 Military Coup (Age: 61 years old, Period: May 16, 1961, Location: Seoul, Korea) Ouster Following the May 16 Military Coup (Age: 61 years old, Period: May 16–17, 1961, Location: Seoul, Republic of Korea)
1966	Death of Chang Myon (Age: 66 years old, Period: June 4, 1966 (aged 66). Passed away due to liver disease in Seoul.) Death (Chang Myon, Age: 66 years old, Period: June 4, 1966, Location: Seoul, Republic of Korea)

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Founding of the PRC	Deng Xiaoping Mao Zedong Zhou Enlai Lin Biao Liu Shaoqi Zhu De Chen Yun Jiang Qing Hua Guofeng Ye Jianying Wang Hongwen Zhang Chunqiao
Nation-building in Taiwan	Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Ching-kuo Chen Cheng Yen Chia-kan Lee Teng-hui Sun Li-jen Koo Chen-fu James Soong (Soong Chu-yu) Kang Ning-hsiang Shih Ming-teh
State-building in South Korea	Syngman Rhee Park Chung-hee Chun Doo-hwan Roh Tae-woo Kim Young-sam Kim Dae-jung Chang Myon Kim Jong-pil Lee Byung-chul Chung Ju-yung Kim Jae-gyu
Post-war Reconstruction of Japan	Shigeru Yoshida Ichiro Hatoyama Nobusuke Kishi Hayato Ikeda Eisaku Sato Kakuei Tanaka Takeo Fukuda Masayoshi Ohira Yasuhiro Nakasone Takeo Miki

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