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Kim Yong-chol

1946 - Today

Kim Yong-chol

Kim Yong-chol (Korean: 김영철; born 1946) is a North Korean general and politician. From February 2009 to January 2016 he was the director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country's primary intelligence service. From 2016 to 2019, and again from 2021 to 2022, he served as the head of the United Front Department of the Workers' Party of Korea. He also served as the vice chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea for South Korean affairs from 2016 to 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Yong-chol is the 14,320th most popular politician (down from 13,886th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from North Korea (down from 103rd in 2019) and the 78th most popular North Korean Politician.

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Among politicians, Kim Yong-chol ranks 14,320 out of 19,576. Before him are Timothy Pickering, Mariela Castro, Stefan Konstantin, Cornelio Saavedra, Hadja Lahbib, and Eduardo Rodríguez. After him are Áedán mac Gabráin, Yukio Ozaki, Malcolm Turnbull, Sultan Ali Keshtmand, Rula Ghani, and Tlepolemus.

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Timothy Pickering
1745 - 1829
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 14,320
Mariela Castro
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 14,321
Stefan Konstantin
1282 - 1322
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 14,322
Cornelio Saavedra
1759 - 1829
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 14,323
Hadja Lahbib
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 14,324
Eduardo Rodríguez
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 14,325
Kim Yong-chol
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 14,326
Áedán mac Gabráin
501 - 608
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 14,327
Yukio Ozaki
1858 - 1954
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 14,328
Malcolm Turnbull
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 14,329
Sultan Ali Keshtmand
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 14,330
Rula Ghani
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 14,331
Tlepolemus
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 14,332

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Kim Yong-chol ranks 466. Before him are Colette Besson, Gailard Sartain, Galina Starovoytova, Zinaida Turchyna, John Piper, and Dieter Herzog. After him are Im Shung-hwi, Giuseppe Furino, René Pijnen, José Guilherme Baldocchi, Ernesto Pérez Balladares, and Paul Smith.

Others Born in 1946

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Colette Besson
ATHLETE
1946 - 2005
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 460
Gailard Sartain
ACTOR
1946 - 2025
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 461
Galina Starovoytova
POLITICIAN
1946 - 1998
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 462
Zinaida Turchyna
HANDBALL PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 463
John Piper
WRITER
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 464
Dieter Herzog
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 465
Kim Yong-chol
POLITICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 466
Im Shung-hwi
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 467
Giuseppe Furino
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 468
René Pijnen
CYCLIST
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 469
José Guilherme Baldocchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 470
Ernesto Pérez Balladares
POLITICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 471
Paul Smith
DESIGNER
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 472