# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/choe-yong-gon-q379667
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:37:11.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/choe-yong-gon-q379667"
name: "Choe Yong-gon"
slug: "choe-yong-gon-q379667"
description: "Choe Yong-gon was a North Korean military officer and politician. He served as the Chief Commander of the Korean People's Army from 1948 to 1950, and as defence minister from 1948 to 1957. He also served as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea from 1957 to 1972."
tagline: "North Korean vice-marshal and politician (1900－1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%B4%94%E5%BA%B8%E5%81%A5_%EC%B5%9C%EC%9A%A9%EA%B1%B4.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1900-06-21"
deathDate: "1976-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.13248533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump