Chough Pyung-ok (also Cho Pyung-ok or Cho Byeong-ok; 1894 – 1960) was a South Korean politician. He ran against incumbent president Syngman Rhee in the 1960 presidential election but died on February 15 one month before the election on March 15. Rhee received 90% of the vote.
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birth date
1894-05-21
birth place
Korea, South Chungcheong Province, Cheonan
death date
1960-02-15
death place
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington D.C., United States
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