User:Dckewon5131/이창근 (1900년)

Lee Chang-geun (July 19, 1900 – ?) was an official of the Japanese colonial period and was born in Daedong-gun, Pyeongannam-do.

Life
He graduated from Meiji University in Japan in 1923 and passed the Administration Department of the Higher Civil Service Examination held in the same year. He was appointed as a member of the Government-General of Korea in 1925, and served as the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chungcheongnam-do in February 1927, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chungcheongnam-do in March 1927, and the head of the religious department in July 1930.

On November 16, 1928, he received the Showa Daerye Memorial Medal from the Japanese government, and served as the finance minister of Hamgyeongnam-do in February 1932, the tax director of the Pyongyang Tax Supervisory Bureau in May 1934, and the Gyeongsangbuk-do participation officer and industrial director in May 1936. On September 7, 1937, he received the 6th grade Seobo award from the Japanese government, and served as a member of the Gyeonggi-do Participation Hall and Industry Department in May 1939, and as a member of the Gyeonggi-do Wage Commission in January 1940.

While working as a participant and deputy director of the Gyeongsangbuk-do and Gyeonggi-do Province, he focused on supplying and procuring military supplies, adjusting supplies, and suppressing inflation, he wrote articles in Maeil Shinbo and Gyeongseong Ilbo praising Japan's invasion war and promoting the government's policy.

Gyeongsangbuk-do Agricultural Chairman (June 1936 to May 1939), Gyeongsangbuk-do Regional Rice Control Association Chairman (November 1936 to May 1939), Gyeongsangbuk-do Air Defense Committee Member (March 1938), Gyeonggi-do Regional Rice Control Association Chairman (May 1939), National Spirit Mobilization Federation Disaster (May 1939),

He also served as the chairman of Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Association (May 1939 to January 1942) and vice president of the Gyeonggi Judo Association (November 1939), and received a fifth-grade warrant from the Japanese government on September 13, 1941 and a fourth-grade Seobo award on May 12, 1942.

On October 23, 1942, he was appointed governor of Chungcheongbuk-do, and served as governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do from August 17, 1944 to June 16, 1945. He also served as chairman of the Chungcheongbuk-do Federation (October 1942), agricultural chairman of Chungcheongbuk-do (October 1943), chairman of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Federation (August 1944), and chairman of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Income Review Committee (April 1945) and was sent to the Anti-National Action Special Investigation Committee on August 2, 1949. He was abducted to North Korea during the Korean War and confirmed to be alive in 1957.

pro-Japanese group It was included in the 708-member list of governors, provincial government officials, deputy governors of the Korean Government-General, bureaucrats on the National Institute of Humanities' list, and 705 pro-Japanese anti-national activities released by the Anti-National Action Committee.