# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hwang-jang-yop
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:17:19.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hwang-jang-yop"
name: "Hwang Jang-yop"
slug: "hwang-jang-yop"
description: "Hwang Jang-yop was a North Korean politician who defected to South Korea. He served as the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 1972 to 1983 and was largely responsible for crafting Juche, the state ideology of North Korea. He defected in 1997, making him the highest-ranking North Korean to have defected."
tagline: "North Korean politician and defector (1923-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hwang_Jang_Yeop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1923-02-17"
deathDate: "2010-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.53928933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump