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Political party
  
Democratic Party


Name
  
Chough Pyung-ok

Chough Pyung-ok

Born
  
May 21, 1894 Cheonan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Joseon Dynasty (
1894-05-21
)

Died
  
February 15, 1960(1960-02-15) (aged 65) Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States

Spouse(s)
  
No Jeong-myeon 노정면 (盧禎冕)

Chough Pyung-ok (also Cho Pyung-ok or Cho Byeong-ok; 1894 – 1960) was a South Korean politician. He ran against incumbent president Syngman Rhee in the 1960 presidential election but died on February 15, one month before the election on March 15. Rhee received 90% of the vote.

Works

  • 나의 회고록 [My memoir]. 民敎社 [Mungyosa]. 1959.  [1]
  • 민주주의와 나 [Democracy and I]. 永信文化社 [Yeongsun Munhwasa]. 1959.  [2]

    • References

    Chough Pyung-ok Wikipedia
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