A Methodist convert, he worked in a YMCA and as a high school principal before spending 30 years in the U.S. lobbying for his country's independence and serving as the president of the government-in-exile.  
A Methodist convert, he worked in a YMCA and as a high school principal before spending 30 years in the U.S. lobbying for his country's independence and serving as the president of the government-in-exile.  When his goal of sovereignty was achieved after World War II, he held power for four terms before being exiled to Hawaii as a result of massive demonstrations.  His regime saw the purging of the National Party and the protraction of war after he released anti-Communist agents rather than repatriating them.  FTP, name this autocratic leader, the first president of South Korea.
A Methodist convert, he worked in a YMCA and as a high school principal before spending 30 years in the U.S. lobbying for his country's independence and serving as the president of the government-in-exile.  
Syngman Rhee