
Hwang Jang-yop
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 15 years ago |
Date of birth | February 17,1923 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Kangdong |
North Korea | |
Date of died | October 10,2010 |
Died | Seoul |
South Korea | |
Party | Workers' Party of Korea |
Children | Hwang Gyeong-mo |
Hwang Son-hi | |
Hwang Sun-ok | |
Hwang No-sun | |
Parents | Hwang Won-taek |
Li Tok-hwa | |
Previous position | Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea (1972–1983) |
Siblings | Hwang Bong-yeop |
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ID | 1921117 |
Hwang Jang-yop Life story
Hwang Jang-yop was a North Korean politician who served as the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 1972–1983 and was largely responsible for crafting Juche, the state ideology of North Korea. He defected to South Korea in 1997, the highest-ranking North Korean to have defected.