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Hwang Jang-yop

1923 - 2010

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Hwang Jang-yop (Korean: 황장엽; 17 February 1923 – 10 October 2010) was a North Korean politician who defected to South Korea. He served as the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 1972 to 1983 and was largely responsible for crafting Juche, the state ideology of North Korea. He defected in 1997, making him the highest-ranking North Korean to have defected. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hwang Jang-yop is the 5,646th most popular politician (down from 5,489th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from North Korea (down from 39th in 2019) and the 38th most popular North Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hwang Jang-yop ranks 5,646 out of 19,576. Before him are María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Martin Schulz, Rudolph I of Burgundy, Emperor Antoku, László Tőkés, and Chandrika Kumaratunga. After him are Mori Ranmaru, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 'Adud al-Dawla, James Brooke, Anna Leopoldovna, and Ulpia Marciana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Hwang Jang-yop ranks 76. Before him are Zlatko Čajkovski, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Walter M. Miller Jr., Norman Mailer, Edgar F. Codd, and Chuck Yeager. After him are Frederick Herzberg, Valentina Cortese, Conrad Bain, Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Lloyd Shapley, and Ousmane Sembène. Among people deceased in 2010, Hwang Jang-yop ranks 57. Before him are John Forsythe, Teddy Scholten, Juliet Anderson, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Bent Larsen, and Paul Schäfer. After him are Ryszard Kaczorowski, Milka Planinc, Martin Gardner, Carlos Andrés Pérez, John du Pont, and Anton Geesink.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Hwang Jang-yop ranks 54 out of 162. Before him are Choe Yong-rim (1930), Munjong of Goryeo (1019), Seongjong of Goryeo (960), Kim Kyong-hui (1946), Kim Tok-hun (1961), and Jeongjong, 10th monarch of Goryeo (1018). After him are Chang of Goryeo (1381), Sansang of Goguryeo (200), Kim Jong-nam (1971), Kim Pyong-il (1954), Chungsuk of Goryeo (1294), and Sohn Kee-chung (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In North Korea

Among politicians born in North Korea, Hwang Jang-yop ranks 38. Before him are Choe Yong-rim (1930), Munjong of Goryeo (1019), Seongjong of Goryeo (960), Kim Kyong-hui (1946), Kim Tok-hun (1961), and Jeongjong, 10th monarch of Goryeo (1018). After him are Chang of Goryeo (1381), Sansang of Goguryeo (200), Kim Jong-nam (1971), Kim Pyong-il (1954), Chungsuk of Goryeo (1294), and Wonjong of Goryeo (1219).

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