Biography:Choe Myeong-gil
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Choe Myeong-gil 최명길 | |
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| Chief State Councillor | |
| In office August 27, 1642 – December 8, 1642 | |
| Preceded by | Yi Seong-gu |
| Succeeded by | Sin Gyeong-jin |
| In office 1638 – February 6, 1640 | |
| Preceded by | Yi Hong-ju |
| Succeeded by | Hong Seo-bong |
| Left State Councillor | |
| In office August 26, 1637 – October 19, 1638 | |
| Preceded by | Yi Seong-gu |
| Succeeded by | Sin Gyeong-jin |
| Right State Councillor | |
| In office May 3, 1637 – 1637 | |
| Preceded by | Yi Seong-gu |
| Succeeded by | Jang Yu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 7, 1586 |
| Died | June 19, 1647 (aged 60) |
| Pen name | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jicheon, Changrang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chich'ŏn, Ch'angrang |
Choe Myeong-gil (Korean: 최명길; Hanja: 崔鳴吉; 1586 – June 19, 1647) was a Korean Joseon Dynasty politician and Neo-Confucian scholar of the Yangmingist school. He served as the Joseon prime minister from 1638 to 1640 and 1642 to 1644.
Works
- Jicheon Yujip (지천유집 遲川遺集)
- Jicheon Jucha (지천주차 遲川奏箚)
In popular culture
- Portrayed by Kim Ha-kyun in the 2013 JTBC TV series Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers.
- Portrayed by Jeon No-min in the 2014 tvN TV series The Three Musketeers.
- Portrayed by Im Ho in the 2015 MBC TV series Splendid Politics.
- Portrayed by Lee Byung-hun in the 2017 film The Fortress.
See also
- Kim Jip
- Kim Yuk
External links
- Choe Myeong-gil:Navercast (in Korean)
- Choe Myeong-gil, Korean historical person information (in Korean)
- Kim Haboush, JaHyun and Martina Deuchler (1999). Culture and the State in Late Chosŏn Korea. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN:9780674179820; OCLC 40926015
- Lee, Peter H. (1993). Sourcebook of Korean Civilization, Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN:9780231079129; ISBN:9780231079143; ISBN:9780231104449; OCLC 26353271
- Noh, Daehwan. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Korea Journal. Winter 2003.
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