# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cho-myung-chul
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:20:45.937Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cho-myung-chul"
name: "Cho Myung-chul"
slug: "cho-myung-chul"
description: "Cho Myung-chul is a South Korean politician who has served as the nominal governor of South Pyeongan Province since 15 July 2022. A North Korean defector and former professor at Kim Il Sung University, he has held several political positions in South Korea pertaining to Korean reunification and inter-Korean dialogue. In 2012, he became the first North Korean defector to be elected to the South Korean National Assembly. He served as a representative of the proportional representation constituency from the Saenuri Party until the end of his tenure in 2016."
tagline: "Korean politician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-04-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.681606666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/unicho7"
    handle:    "unicho7"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/UniCho"
    handle:    "UniCho"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%99%E6%98%8E%E5%93%B2"
    title: "趙明哲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Myeong-cheol"
    title: "Cho Myeong-cheol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Myung-chul"
    title: "Cho Myung-chul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%99%E6%98%8E%E5%93%B2_(%E8%84%AB%E5%8C%97%E8%80%85)"
    title: "趙明哲 (脫北者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EB%AA%85%EC%B2%A0"
    title: "조명철"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Myung-chul"
    title: "Cho Myung-chul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11963575"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump