User:Dckewon5131/민병덕 (1894년)

Min Byung-deok (October 11, 1894 – November 6, 1957) was a businessman who served as a member of the Central Committee of the Japanese Government-General of Korea as a local governor of Hwanghae-do during the Japanese colonial period. The domicile was Yeohueong.

Life
He was from Jaeryeong-gun, Hwanghae-do. After graduating from public ordinary schools, he worked in agriculture and ran a business. The main business areas were transportation such as Joryeong Taxi and Joryeong Truck.

He served as a member of the popular election council at the Hwanghae-do Provincial Council and was elected as a local agricultural council member or a myeon council member, and served as a leading figure in the Jae-ryeong area. Including Jaeryeong-gun, he also served as a member of the Suri Association in nearby Anak-gun and Sincheon-gun.

He was also the founder of Myeongshin School, a new educational institution affiliated with Jae-ryeong Christianity. In 1935, the Joseon Meritorious Self-Defense, compiled by the Governor-General, was included as one of the 353 meritorious people.

At the end of the Japanese colonial period, he served as a member of the Central Committee of the Government-General of Korea, he also served as a member of the Hwanghae-do Regional Committee of the Heung-Abo National Guard formed to support the war and a member of the Joseon Imjeon-bo National Guard.

After the defeat of the Japanese colonial rule, he defected to South Korea and stayed in the territory of the Republic of Korea, and was arrested and tried by the Anti-People's Special Committee when the Anti-National Act Punishment Act came into effect in 1949. However, he was not punished as the Anti-People's Special Committee activities were canceled. Since then, he has survived until 1954 while working as a businessman, working as a vice president of Jeonnam Textile.

It is included in both the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups announced in 2002 and the list of prospective candidates for the pro-Japanese biographical dictionary released in 2008. It was also included in the list of 705 pro-Japanese anti-national activities released by the Committee on the Truth of Pro-Japanese Anti-National Activities in 2009.

See more

 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office
 * the Joseon Imjeonbo Corps

Reference

 * Min Byung-deok - National History Compilation Committee