The First Ministry included several men who had taken a prominent part in reform work in the past The list was:
Prime Minister……………………Tong Hui Yee
Minister Foreign Affairs…………..Yongman Park
Minister of Interior………………Tong Yung Yee
Minister of War…………………..Pak Yin Roe
Minister of Finance……………….Si Yung Yee
Minister of Law…………………..Kiu Sik Cynn
Minister of Education……………..Kiusic Kimm
Minister of Communications…………Chang Bum Moon
Director Bureau of Labour………….Chang Ho Ahn
Chief of Staff……………………Tong Yul Lew
Vice Chief of Staff……………….Sei Yung Lee
Vice Chief of Staff……………….Nan Soo Hahn
The Provisional Constitution was essentially democratic and progressive:
PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION
By the will of God, the people of Korea, both within and without the country, have united in a peaceful declaration of their independence, and for over one month have carried on their demonstrations in over 300 districts, and because of their faith in the movement they have by their representatives chosen a Provisional Government to carry on to completion this independence and so to preserve blessings for our children and grandchildren.
The Provisional Government, in its Council of State, has decided on a Provisional Constitution, which it now proclaims.
1. The Korean Republic shall follow republican principles.
2. All powers of State shall rest with the Provisional Council of State of the Provisional Government.
3. There shall be no class distinction among the citizens of the Korean Republic, but men and women, noble and common, rich and poor, shall have equality.
4. The citizens of the Korean Republic shall have religious liberty, freedom of speech, freedom of writing and publication, the right to hold public meetings and form social organizations and the full right to choose their dwellings or change their abode.