# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jang-sung-taek
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:09:29.673Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jang-sung-taek"
name: "Jang Sung-taek"
slug: "jang-sung-taek"
description: "Jang Song-thaek was a North Korean politician. He was married to Kim Kyong-hui, the only daughter of North Korean premier Kim Il Sung and his first wife Kim Jong Suk, and only sister of North Korean general secretary Kim Jong Il. He was the uncle of the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, by marriage."
tagline: "North Korean government official (1946–2013)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Jang_Sung-taek.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-01-22"
deathDate: "2013-12-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.89
  momentum:             0.9040641415537739
  historical:           22.46920533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jang Sung-taek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جانغ سونغ تايك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جانج سونج تايك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jang Sung-taek"
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    title: "Jang Sung-taek"
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    title: "Čang Song-tchek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jang Song-thaek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jang Song-thaek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jang Sung-taek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jang Song-thaek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jang Sung-taek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jang Song-taek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Csang Szongthek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Sung-taek"
    title: "Jang Sung-taek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Sung-taek"
    title: "Chang Sung-taek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "張成沢"
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    title: "Чан Сон Тхэк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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