Cho Man-sik

Cho Man-sik (* February 1, 1883; † October 15, 1950 ) was a Korean politician and nationalist leader.

As a young man, Cho Man-sik of the Korean section of the Young Men's Christian Association ( YMCA ) joined. Later, he served in senior positions in the Methodist Church of Korea worked and became a Korean nationalists in opposition to the inclusion of Korea in the Japanese Empire from 1905 ( since 1910 officially annexed ) until 1945. After the surrender of Japan Cho was Man-sik as Chairman the Korean Democratic Party elected. The Soviet occupation of the northern part of the Korean Peninsula appointed him in August 1945 to finance the so-called "people's government ". After the return of the later North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung Cho was in October 1945 together with Kim Chairman of the Provisional People's Committee.

As part of the gradual consolidation of communist power in North Korea Cho Man-sik was removed from his office in February 1946 and placed under house arrest. Nevertheless, he continued working against the Communists under Kim Il-sung. In 1950 he was tried and executed at the instigation of the North Korean government to death.

The repression of Cho Man-sik and his subsequent physical removal are part of the process of the establishment of autocracy Kim Il-sung and his party in the first years after the proclamation of the North Korean People's Democratic Republic of Korea.