User:Dckewon5131/김상섭 (1876년)

Kim Sang-seop (27 January 1876 – 9 June 1933) was a bureaucrat and businessman of the Korean Empire and Japanese occupation. During the Japanese colonial period, he was one of the great landlords in Mokpo.

Life
In June 1900, he was appointed as the governor of the Jeollanam-do Observation Department, and served as Samhwa Port Police Officer in September 1901 and Muan Port Police Officer in May 1903. From October 1903 to September 1904, he served as a police officer at Dongnae Port, and from May 31, 1905 to October 1, 1906, he served as the governor of Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do.

On June 28, 1907, he was appointed as the head of Chilgok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and on June 20, 1908, he was appointed as a prosecutor of the Gwangju District Court. On November 18, 1911, he was registered as a lawyer with the Daegu District Court's Inspection Bureau, and on December 27, 1919, he was appointed as an adviser of Mokpo-bu, Jeollanam-do.

In 1920, he served as the chairman of the Mokpo Youth Association, the chairman of the Mokpo Consumer Association, and the first bank president of Honam Bank Co., Ltd. from 1921 to 1933, and served as the vice president of the Mokpo Chamber of Commerce from 1923 to 1929.

In 1924, he served as the chairman of the Mokpo Regional Committee of the Civil University Gisunghoe, and was elected as a member of the provincial council of Jeollanam-do government on April 5, 1924 and April 5, 1927. He served as president of Mokpo Warehouse Finance Co., Ltd. and Dong-A Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd. from 1925 to 1931, and as president of Mokpo Casting Co., Ltd. from 1925 to 1936. On November 16, 1928, he received the Showa Daeri Memorial from the Japanese government. In 1929, he served as president of Mokpo Yangju Co., Ltd. and president of Jeonnam Trust Co., Ltd., and on May 1, 1929, he was commissioned to the council of the Joseon Fair. From May 27, 1929 to May 26, 1932, he served as a member of the Central Council of the Korean Government-General and was appointed as a special council member of the Mokpo Chamber of Commerce on September 1, 1929.

On April 1, 1930, he was elected as a member of the Provincial Council of Jeollanam-do, and participated as a promoter of the rice warehouse in October 1930. In 1931, he served as an auditor of Mokpo Shinbo Gwangju Ilbo Co., Ltd. and in May 1931, he served as vice chairman of the Mokpo Rice Grain Installation Association. pro-Japanese group It was included in the 708-member list, the 705-member list of pro-Japanese dictionaries, and the 705-member list of pro-national activities announced by the Committee on Pro-Japanese Activities.