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Jeong Yeon-ki (born May 2, 1891) was a Japanese government official and a member of the Central Council of the Japanese Government. He was the last governor of Jeollabuk-do of the Joseon Governor-General and the first governor of Jeollabuk-do immediately after liberation.

Life
He was from Geochang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do. In 1911, at the age of 21, he was selected as an international student by the Japanese Government-General of Korea and entered the department of forestry at the Imperial University of Tokyo. After graduating in 1914, he returned home after a field trip.

He began working in the Forest Division of the Agriculture, Commerce and Industry Department of the Governor-General in 1915, and transferred to the Siksanguk in 1920. He worked in Nonsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, and was appointed as the head of Samcheok-gun, Gangwon-do in 1924. Since then, he has been in charge of Wonju-gun, Goseong-gun, and Gangneung-gun in the Gangwon-do area.

He was awarded the Showa Daerye Memorial Medal in 1928 and the Hun 6th place in 1934. In 1935, "Joseon Meritorious Self-Confession," compiled by the Governor-General, is one of 353 Korean meritorious people, and is included with the reputation of "a person with abundant knowledge and experience." At the end of the Japanese colonial period, he was selected as a member of the Central Council.

Until just before the end of the Pacific War, various social organizations were also active to support the war. He served as the head of the labor department of the National Federation of Korean Industries, a director of the National Mobilization Association, a director of the Dialogue Alliance, and a member of the representative party. Among them, the Dialogue Alliance and the Representative Party are extreme organizations formed under the banner of "Holy War Victory" in 1945 when the Japanese defeat became visible.

On June 16, 1945, he was appointed as governor of Jeollabuk-do. He remained in office after Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule on August 15 and was dismissed on September 2 at the same time as the U.S. military presence. He went to work as a gubernatorial adviser by the U.S. military government until November of that year.

Among the 708 pro-Japanese groups announced in 2002, it was selected in four categories: the central government, the provincial governor, the provincial participation officer, and the governor-general. In the list of prospective people to be included in the pro-Japanese life dictionary of the National Research Institute, which was released in 2008, it was included in two categories: the Central Institute and the bureaucracy. 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.

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 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office
 * the National Mobilization Council
 * A dialogue alliance
 * Arepresentative party

Reference

 * Jeong Yeon-ki - National History Compilation Committee