| Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency | ||||||||||
| Pyun Yong Tae 변영태 | |||||||||||
| Order: | 5th Prime Minister of South Korea | ||||||||||
| Term Start: | June 27, 1954 | ||||||||||
| Term End: | November 28, 1954 | ||||||||||
| President: | Syngman Rhee | ||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Baek Du-jin | ||||||||||
| Successor: | Position abolished Heo Jeong (Second Republic of Korea) | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 15 December 1892 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Sinch'ŏn, Hwanghae Province, Joseon | ||||||||||
| Death Place: | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||
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| Footnotes: | Also spelled Pyun Young-tae | ||||||||||
Pyon Yong-tae or Byeon Yeong-tae (December 15, 1892 – March 10, 1969) was a South Korean politician. He was the fifth prime minister of South Korea,[1] and also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2]
As minister of foreign affairs, Pyon signed the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Korea on August 8, 1953.[3] Pyon served as prime minister for the first Republic of Korea for five months before the position was abolished on November 28, 1954. The position was restored in 1960 under the second Republic of Korea.