Kwak Sang-hoon

{{Short description|South Korean politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Samyeon Kwak

| native_name = 삼연 곽상훈

| image = Kwak Sang Hoon.jpg

| office = Speaker of the National Assembly

| termstart = 2 May 1960

| termend = 16 May 1961

| successor = Office abolished

| predecessor = Lee Ki-poong

| office1 = Acting President of South Korea

| termstart1 = 16 June 1960

| termend1 = 23 June 1960

| predecessor1 = Ho Chong

| successor1 = Ho Chong

| birth_date = 21 October 1896

| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|1|19|1896|10|21|df=y}}

| death_place = Seoul, South Korea

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Kwak Sang-hoon ({{Langx|ko|곽상훈}}; 21 October 1896 – 19 January 1980) was a South Korean independence activist and politician who served as the 1st to 5th National Assembly member and served as acting president of South Korea for 7 days.{{Cite web |title=Republic of Korea (South Korea) |url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Korea_South.htm |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=www.worldstatesmen.org}}{{Cite web |script-title=ko:네이버 뉴스 라이브러리 |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1980012100209207014&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1980-01-21&officeId=00020&pageNo=7&printNo=17935&publishType=00020 |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=NAVER Newslibrary}}{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Lee Hwa |title=The Story of Korean History 20: We will find the country with our own strength |year=2006 |pages=245}}

Early life

Kwak Sang-hoon was born on 21 October 1896, in Dongnae-gun in the South Gyeongsang Province as the son of a military officer. His grandfather served as a military officer and served as a lieutenant colonel in Yeoju-gun, and the head of the middle army and the house of the middle army.{{Cite web |script-title=ko:[인천인물 100人·7] 근·현대정치사 중심 삼연 곽상훈 |url=http://www.kyeongin.com/main/view.php?key=240709 |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=경인일보 |language=ko}}

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