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Lee Ki(October 8, 1855 ~ ? ) was a government official during the Korean Empire and Japanese occupation.

Life
In 1894, he was appointed as a foreign affairs administrator, and the following year, he became an external administrator. In 1897, he was appointed as the third-highest commissioner of European legations, including the United Kingdom, and temporarily retired from office.

After returning to the Central Garden of the Korean Empire in 1898, he was appointed as the president of the palace in 1899. In 1900, it was listed in the top three. After serving as an external reference officer, he served as the superintendent of the Changwon Department and a judge of the Changwon Port Court in 1905. In 1906, it was listed in the second category.

Following Changwon Buyun, he served as the county governor of Gyeongju-gun, and in 1908, he was awarded the Hun 4th Seobo award by the Japanese government. In 1910, the Treaty of Merger between Korea and Japan was signed and moved to the head of the Joseon Governor-General's Office.

Under the Governor-General system, he served as the head of Pyeongtaek-gun and Eunjin-gun, Chungcheongnam-do. In 1914, when a large number of local government officials from the Korean Empire were reorganized, he retired and served as governor of the Governor-General for about three and a half years. In addition to receiving the Korean Merger Memorial Medal, he was ranked 7th, Hun 4th, at the time of his departure.

In 2008, it was included in the bureaucracy section of the list of prospective people to be included in the pro-Japanese life dictionary published by the Institute for National Affairs.

Reference

 * Lee Ki - National History Compilation Committee