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PoliticsExile 29 May 1960 – died 19 July 1965

Resignation and Exile of Syngman Rhee

Forced out by the April Revolution, Syngman Rhee left for Hawaii and died in Honolulu in 1965.

Syngman Rhee announced his resignation on 26 April 1960, and the National Assembly accepted it the next day. On 28 April he left Gyeongmudae for his private residence, Ihwajang, and on 29 May he flew to Hawaii with his wife Francesca.

He tried several times to return home from Honolulu without success, and died in a Honolulu nursing home on 19 July 1965 at the age of 90. His remains were brought back to Seoul and buried on 27 July at the National Cemetery (now Seoul National Cemetery).

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States and rulers at the time
South Korea — President Syngman Rhee
United States · place of exile — President Dwight D. Eisenhower

People

  • Syngman Rhee1875 – 1965

    related figure · First President of the Provisional Government, who worked through diplomacy in the US; later first President of the Republic of Korea

Before and after

Earlier
1960 Rigged Election of 15 March