Pyon Yong-tae

Pyon Yong-tae or Byeon Yeong-tae (December 15, 1892 – March 10, 1969) was a South Korean politician. He was the fifth prime minister of South Korea, and also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

As minister of foreign affairs, Pyon signed the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Korea on August 8, 1953. 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.