Sin Ik-hui

{{Short description|Korean independence activist (1892–1956)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable

|name = Sin Ik-hui

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|image = File:Shin Ik-hee 1952.gif

|caption = Sin in 1952

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|office = Speaker of the National Assembly

|term_start = 4 August 1948

|term_end = 30 May 1954

|predecessor = Syngman Rhee

|successor = Lee Ki-poong

|office1 = Member of the National Assembly

|term_start1 = 31 May 1948

|term_end1 = 5 May 1956

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|constituency1 = Gwangju, Gyeonggi

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|death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|5|5|1894|6|9|df=y}}

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|alma_mater = Waseda University

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|party = National Association, Democratic Nationalist, Democratic Party

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| hangul = %신익희%; %신익희

| hanja = 申翼熙

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Sin Ik-hui ({{Korean|hangul=신익히|hanja=申翼熙}}; 9 June 1894 – 5 May 1956) was a Korean independence activist and politician.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SCg786J3nnsC&pg=PT28|title=Korea Focus - August 2012|last=Foundation|first=The Korea|date=2013-03-30|publisher=한국국제교류재단|isbn=9788986090888|pages=28|language=en}} He was Speaker of the National Assembly during President Syngman Rhee's first term (4 August 1948 and 30 May 1950) and second term (19 June 1950 and 30 May 1954).

His nickname was Haegong ({{Korean|hangul=해공|hanja=海公|labels=no}}) or Haehu ({{Korean|hangul=해후|hanja=海候|labels=no}}) and his courtesy name was Yeogu ({{Korean|hangul=여구|hanja=如耉|labels=no}}). He also went by the name Patrick Henry Shinicky in English-language publications.{{Cite magazine |date=1960-02-29 |title=KOREA: Death Casts a Vote |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,873239,00.html |access-date=2023-06-07 |issn=0040-781X}}{{Cite journal |last=Barr |first=John |date=1960 |title=South Korea in the Wake of an Election |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40393225 |journal=The World Today |volume=16 |issue=6 |pages=242–249 |jstor=40393225 |issn=0043-9134}}