Park Eunsik 박은식 朴殷植 | |||||||||
Nationality: | Korean | ||||||||
Order: | 2nd President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea | ||||||||
Term Start: | March 24, 1925 | ||||||||
Term End: | September, 1925 | ||||||||
Predecessor: | Syngman Rhee | ||||||||
Successor: | Yi Sang-ryong | ||||||||
Birth Date: | September 30, 1859[1] | ||||||||
Birth Place: | Nammyeon, Hwangju-gun, Joseon | ||||||||
Death Place: | Shanghai, China | ||||||||
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Park Eunsik (September 30, 1859 - November 1, 1925) was a Korean historian[2] and the second President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai during part of 1925.[3] Soon after the impeachment of Syngman Rhee from the presidency, Park was elected the president, but he soon died from illness while in office. Park was succeeded by Yi Sang-ryong as the president.