# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chough-pyung-ok
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:30:18.836Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chough-pyung-ok"
name: "Chough Pyung-ok"
slug: "chough-pyung-ok"
description: "Chough Pyung-ok was a South Korean politician. He ran against incumbent president Syngman Rhee in the 1960 presidential election but died on February 15, one month before the election on March 15. Rhee received 90% of the vote. He was the first Director of the Korean National Police from 1945 to 1949 and Minister of Home Affairs during the early stages of the Korean War."
tagline: "South Korean politician (1894-1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%EC%A1%B0%EB%B3%91%EC%98%A5%2C_%EC%84%9C%EC%9E%AC%EC%97%90%EC%84%9C.PNG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1894-05-21"
deathDate: "1960-02-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.45598
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%99%E7%82%B3%E7%8E%89"
    title: "趙炳玉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "تشوف بيونج اوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chough_Pyung-ok"
    title: "Chough Pyung-ok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo%3AEmbajadores_de_Corea_del_Sur_en_los_Estados_Unidos"
    title: "Anexo:Embajadores de Corea del Sur en los Estados Unidos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Byeong-ok"
    title: "Cho Byeong-ok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%99%E7%82%B3%E7%8E%89"
    title: "趙炳玉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EB%B3%91%EC%98%A5"
    title: "조병옥"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE_%D0%91%D1%91%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D0%BA"
    title: "Чо Бён Ок"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489323"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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