An Jung-geun or Ahn Jung-geun (September 2, 1879 – March 26, 1910) (안중근; 安重根; Baptismal name: Thomas) was a Korean independence activist, nationalist, and pan-Asianist.
On October 26, 1909, he assassinated Itō Hirobumi (伊藤博文), the first Prime Minister of Japan and then-Japanese Resident-General of Korea, following the signing of the Eulsa Treaty, with Korea on the verge of annexation by Japan.
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