# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hyon-yong-chol
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:31:31.427Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hyon-yong-chol"
name: "Hyon Yong-chol"
slug: "hyon-yong-chol"
description: "Hyon Yong-chol was a North Korean general and Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) politician. He served as Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2015. In 2015, he was reportedly removed from his post."
tagline: "North Korean Army Officer (1953-2015)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-01-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.01
  momentum:             15
  historical:           15.77975866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "玄永哲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "هيون يونغ تشول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjon_Jong-%C4%8Dchol"
    title: "Hjon Jong-čchol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon_Yong-chol"
    title: "Hyon Yong-chol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon_Yong-chol"
    title: "Hyon Yong-chol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon_Yong-chol"
    title: "Hyon Yong-chol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon_Yong-chol"
    title: "Hyon Yong-chol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon_Yong-chol"
    title: "Hyon Yong-chol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon_Yong-chol"
    title: "Hyon Yong-chol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%84%E6%B0%B8%E5%93%B2"
    title: "玄永哲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%84%EC%98%81%EC%B2%A0"
    title: "현영철"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy%C5%8Fn_Y%C5%8Fng_Ch%E2%80%99%C5%8Fl"
    title: "Hyŏn Yŏng Ch’ŏl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon_Yong-chol"
    title: "Hyon Yong-chol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%91%D0%BD_%D0%81%D0%BD_%D0%A7%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Хён Ён Чхоль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon_Yong-chol"
    title: "Hyon Yong-chol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon_Yong_Chol"
    title: "Hyon Yong Chol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon_Yong-chol"
    title: "Hyon Yong-chol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon_Yong-chol"
    title: "Hyon Yong-chol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702412"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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