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Won Deok-sang (November 7, 1883 – March 15, 1961) was a doctor, financier, and businessman during the Japanese colonial period, and was elected as a member of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council and a member of the Gyeongseongbu Council. His hometown is Anguk-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. He was the younger brother of Won Eun-sang and Won Hoon-sang was the older brother

Early activities
He was born as the son of Won Se-hyung, who served as a senior official. His family was the 24th son of Won Ik-gyeom, a commercial park who served as Woo Si-rang in the middle of the Goryeo Dynasty, and the 9th son of Won Doo-pyo, a Jeongseung during the reign of King Hyojong of the Joseon Dynasty. Won Eung-sang and Won Eun-sang were his older brothers, and Won Hoon-sang was his younger brother. His hometown was Jung-ri, Baebang-myeon, Asan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, but he moved to Hanseong-bu with his father Won Se-hyung's appointment as a government official, and he was born.

Born in Angukbang, Hanseongbu, he studied in Japan and graduated from Chiba Medical School, the predecessor of Chiba University, in 1912. After that, Deokje Clinic was opened in Gyeongseongbu and worked as a doctor. In 1923, the attitude of a doctor was questioned, such as neglecting a poisoned patient and causing a medical accident. However, it was active as a community leader in Gyeongseong area.

a social movement
In 1920, he ran for election as a member of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council, and was elected as a member of the Gyeongseongbu Council

He has served as a special councilor of the Gyeongseongbu Chamber of Commerce, a financial system investigator, an executive director of the Chosun Life Insurance Company, the head of the Seoul Jongno Financial Union, a vice president of the Gyeongseong Chamber of Commerce, an auditor of the Federation of Financial Unions, and a financial system investigator. He also toured Japan and Manchuria to inspect sanitary facilities.

In 1927, he was selected as a member of the Central Council. It is listed as one of 353 meritorious persons in the Joseon Meritorious Self-Confession, compiled by the Governor-General in 1935, when he was a member of the Central Council. Around 1935, he also served as a permanent secretary of the Forest Association and the Urban Research Association, an executive director of Chosun Life Insurance Co., Ltd., and a head of the Jongno Financial Association. Later, he served as a central councilor for about 18 years until 1945, when the Pacific War ended.

Won Eung-sang actively cooperated with the Governor-General of Joseon as he had been attending the Central Committee for a long time from a young age. Since the 1920s, he has been a director of the Joseon Forest Association.

He participated in the Joseon Buddhism, the Joseon Club, the Dongminhoe, and the Joseon Dae Asia Association, and during the Pacific War, he participated in various war support organizations such as the National Spirit Mobilization Joseon Federation, the National Federation of Korea, and the Joseon Imjeonbo National Foundation. Along with Min Young-hwi, he also led the campaign to donate military aircraft by launching the Gyeonggi-do Patriotic Banquet.

after liberation
After the end of the Pacific War, he was dismissed from the Central Committee. However, he served as an advisor to the governor of Gyeonggi-do Province, an auditor of the Financial Union Association, and the governor of Gyeonggi

President of Chosun Life Insurance Co., Ltd. under the U.S. Military Government, He continued to work as a leader and entrepreneur in Seoul. The "Korean History Book," published in 1949, explains that it is "a famous figure among Gyeongseong's famous people," as well as a character review that "a person with excellent knowledge and skills in the business world that is not considered to be a doctor."

In 1949, he was briefly arrested by the Anti-People's Special Committee under the Anti-National Act Punishment Act, but was released with a suspended indictment. There is a theory that Hyun Joon-ho, who was from the same Central Committee member and was released from the prosecution suspension at this time, was also husband of his wife's sister.

After death
It was included in the center and other categories of the 708-member pro-Japanese group published in 2002, and in the center and pro-Japanese organizations of the National Research Institute's pro-Japanese life dictionary published in 2008. It was also included in the list of 705 pro-Japanese anti-ethnic acts announced by the Committee on the Truth and Reconciliation of Anti-ethnic Acts in 2009.

Family

 * Father: Won Se-hyung (1849–?)
 * Brother: Won Eung-sang (20 August 1869 – 20 August 1958)
 * Brother: Won Eun-sang (February 27, 1874)
 * Younger brother: Won Hoon-sang ( 1881–?)
 * Wife : ?
 * Son: Won Yong-kwan (1911–?)

See more

 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office
 * Chosun Life Insurance Co., Ltd

Reference

 * Won Deok-sang - National History Compilation Committee