# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ho-dam
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:48:22.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ho-dam"
name: "Ho Dam"
slug: "ho-dam"
description: "Ho Dam was a prominent North Korean politician and diplomat who served as the country's Foreign Minister from 1970 to 1983. Over his career, Ho Dam held several key positions within the North Korean government, including membership in the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairmanship of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland. He played a significant role in shaping North Korea's foreign policy during a period of heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and in 1977 became the first senior North Korean official to visit the United States."
tagline: "North Korean politician (1929-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ho_Dam.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1929-03-06"
deathDate: "1991-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.215372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "许锬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%85"
    title: "هو دم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%85"
    title: "هو دم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Dam"
    title: "Ho Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Dam"
    title: "Ho Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Dam"
    title: "Ho Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Dam"
    title: "Ho Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Dam"
    title: "Ho Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A8%B1%E9%8C%9F"
    title: "許錟"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%97%88%EB%8B%B4_(%EC%A1%B0%EC%84%A0%EB%AF%BC%EC%A3%BC%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%98%EC%9D%B8%EB%AF%BC%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%EA%B5%AD)"
    title: "허담 (조선민주주의인민공화국)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Dam"
    title: "Ho Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Dam"
    title: "Ho Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BC"
    title: "Хо Дам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Dam"
    title: "Ho Dam"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q490822"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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