User:Dckewon5131/이선호 (1881년)

Lee Seon-ho (born September 1, 1881) was a government official during the Korean Empire and Japanese occupation.

Life
He is from Gapyeong-myeon, Sinheung-gun, Hamgyeongnam-do. After graduating from elementary school in Hamheung, he entered the government-public Korean-Japanese language school in 1898, and graduated in 1900. After graduating from school, he became a public official with 6th place in the board officer and was appointed as a teacher at Hamheung Public Primary School, his alma mater.

He was transferred to Hongwon-gun in 1903 and Jeongpyeong-gun in 1905, and continued to serve as a teacher at a public elementary school. In 1907, he became a tax administrator of the Takji Department and moved to a relationship. The following year, he was transferred to the Financial Supervisory Service of the Takji Department. The class was of six.

With the signing of the Korea-Japan annexation treaty in 1910, he was hired as the military secretary of the Japanese Government-General of Korea. After working in the tax accounting department of the Ministry of Finance in Hamgyeongnam-do, he served as a manager in Deokwon-gun, Hamheung-bu, and Hamgyeongnambu.

In April 1923, he was appointed governor of Riwon-gun. Since then, he has served as county governors of Hongwon-gun, Anbyeon-gun, Dancheon-gun, and Deokwon-gun. In 1935, when he was serving as the governor of Deokwon-gun, he was listed as one of 353 meritorious people in the Joseon Meritorious Self-Confession, compiled by the Governor-General. It is also included in the list of commendators awarded by the Governor-General to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the city government.

In 1937, when the magazine Samcheon-ri published an article asking Korean officials what they wanted to do in Joseon, they answered that the Chisan dimensions that govern mountains and water were important. At that time, he was serving as the governor of Deokwon-gun, and soon retired. As of 1936, just before retirement, he was ranked 6th, Hun 5th.

In 2008, it was included in the bureaucracy category among the list of prospective people to be included in the National Research Institute's pro-Japanese life dictionary.

Reference

 * Lee Seon-ho - National History Compilation Committee