Politics·Governing Apparatus (Pro-Japanese collaborator)
| Life | 1862 ~ 1946 |
| Era | 근현대 |
| Clan | 전주 이씨 |
Yi Gyu-wan was active during the late Korean Empire and Japanese colonial period. A descendant of King Sejong, he became a retainer of Bak Yeong-hyo and, in the 1884 Gapsin Coup, joined Seo Jae-pil and others in leading troops of the Ministry of War's training bureau to carry out the coup; after it failed he fled into exile in Japan.
Pro-Japanese activities After returning home he became governor (gwanchalsa) of Gangwon Province in 1907, and even after the 1910 annexation he was retained as the Government-General's Gangwon Province chief, becoming its first colonial-era governor; in 1918 he became governor of South Hamgyong Province, in which post he reportedly requested that Japanese troops suppress independence army forces. When he resigned in 1924 he turned down offers of high posts such as Central Council councilor and retired to the countryside to reclaim wasteland. For these activities he is listed as a pro-Japanese collaborator by the government's Commission on Pro-Japanese Collaborator Activities and/or the Dictionary of Pro-Japanese Biography compiled by the Center for Historical Truth and Justice.