Politics·Nobility (Pro-Japanese collaborator)
| Life | 1884 ~ 1947 |
| Era | 근현대 |
| Clan | 전주 이씨 |
Yi Wan-jong (1884-1947), from Guseong-myeon, Geumneung County, North Gyeongsang Province, was the son of Baron Yi Beom-pal and graduated from Waseda University's department of political economy in 1909.
Designated his father's heir in 1914, he inherited the barony after his father's death in 1919 and was promoted in court rank in 1922. He served as secretary of the Joseon Nobility Association (1917), a committee member for a private university founding project, town chief of Gimcheon County (1926-1942), and a director of a financial cooperative (1942); from 1937 to 1940 he actively organized wartime propaganda campaigns and resource requisitioning. He is listed on the government's official roster of pro-Japanese collaborators.