An Jung-geun

An Jung-geun, sometimes spelled Ahn Jung-geun (Korean pronunciation: [andʑuŋɡɯn]; September

2, 1879 – March 26, 1910; Baptismal name: An Thomas) was a Korean-independence activist,[1][2]
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nationalist,[4][5] and pan-Asianist.[6][7]
On October 26, 1909, he assassinated Prince Itō Hirobumi, a four-time Prime Minister of Japan,
former Resident-General of Korea, and then President of the Privy Council of Japan, following the
signing of the Eulsa Treaty, with Korea on the verge of annexation by Japan.[8] An was posthumously
awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation in 1962 by the South Korean government, the
most prestigious civil decoration in the Republic of Korea, for his efforts for Korean independence