Cho Bong-am (조봉암, 25 September 1898 – 31 July 1959) was a Korean independence activist and politician, who ran for president in the South Korean presidential election in 1956. He was a founding member of the Communist Party of Korea (조선공산당; 朝鮮共産黨) and the Progressive Party (진보당; 進步黨), a moderate socialist democratic party in South Korea which was one of the country's major political forces.
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25 September 1898
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Died |
31 July 1959 (aged 60)
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Zodiac | Libra |
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