Chough Pyung-ok

Chough Pyung-ok
Personal details
Born (1894-05-21)May 21, 1894
Cheonan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Joseon Dynasty
Died February 15, 1960(1960-02-15) (aged 65)
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States
Political party Democratic Party
Spouse(s) No Jeong-myeon 노정면 (盧禎冕)
Korean name
Hangul 조병옥
Hanja 趙炳玉
Revised Romanization Jo Byeong-ok
McCune–Reischauer Cho Byŏngok
Pen name
Hangul 유석
Hanja 維石
Revised Romanization Yuseok
McCune–Reischauer Yusŏk

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.

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