Pyon Yong-tae

{{Short description|South Korean politician (1892–1969)}}

{{family name hatnote|Pyon||lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|image = Byeon Yeong-tae.jpg

|imagesize =

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency

|name = Pyun Yong Tae
변영태

|order = Prime Minister of South Korea

|

|term_start = June 27, 1954

|term_end = November 28, 1954

|deputy =

|president = Syngman Rhee

|predecessor = Baek Du-jin

|successor = Position abolished
Himself (As Chief State Councilor)
Heo Jeong (Second Republic of Korea)

|office2 = Chief State Councilor

|term_start2 = November 30, 1954

|term_end2 = July 28, 1955

|deputy2 =

|president2 = Syngman Rhee

|predecessor2 = Position Established

|successor2 = Kim Hyung-geun (Acting)
Kim Hyun-chul

|birth_date = {{birth date|1892|12|15}}

|birth_place = Sinch'ŏn, Hwanghae Province, Joseon

|death_date = {{death date and age|1969|3|10|1892|12|15}}

|death_place = Seoul, South Korea

|spouse =

|party = Liberal

|module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes|headercolor=lavender

|hangul = %변영태

|hanja = 卞榮泰

}}

|footnotes = Also spelled Pyun Young-tae

}}

Pyon Yong-tae or Byeon Yeong-tae ({{Korean|hangul=변영태}}; December 15, 1892 – March 10, 1969) was a South Korean politician. He was the fifth prime minister of South Korea,Yahu! Baekgwasajeon 야후! 백과사전 [Yahoo! Encyclopedia], s.v. "Byeon Yeong-tae" 변영태, {{cite web |url=http://kr.dictionary.search.yahoo.com/search/dictionaryp?subtype=enc&pk=13858600&field=id&p=%EB%B0%B1%EB%91%90%EC%A7%84 |script-title=ko:올인올 통합사전-언제 어디서나 Alt + Click 하자! |accessdate=2009-04-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120709105645/http://kr.dictionary.search.yahoo.com/search/dictionaryp?subtype=enc&pk=13858600&field=id&p=%EB%B0%B1%EB%91%90%EC%A7%84 |archivedate=2012-07-09 }} and also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.{{Cite web|date=2016-08-15|title=Television Interviews, 1951-1955|url=https://www.archives.gov/research/guides/catalog-tv-interviews-1951-to-1955.html|access-date=2021-12-02|website=National Archives|language=en}}

As minister of foreign affairs, Pyon signed the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and South Korea on August 8, 1953.{{Cite web |last=Jung |first=Min-kyung |date=2023-04-27 |title=How S. Korea-US alliance became more than a military treaty |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230427000648 |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=The Korea Herald |language=en}} 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.