# Lee Hu-rak

> Lee Hu-rak was a South Korean politician, diplomat and the Director of the Korea Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) of South Korea from 1970 to 1973. From May 2 to the 5th 1972, during his time as Director of the KCIA, he traveled to Pyongyang on a secret diplomatic mission to meet Kim Il Sung and Pak Song-chol. These were the first formal diplomatic contacts between North Korea and South Korea and led to the July 4th North–South Korea Joint Statement. Then, it is alleged that he played a part in the kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung on August 8, 1973 from a Japanese hotel. He was also elected to the National Assembly in 1979 but was prohibited from political activity the following year on corruption charges corruption as a new military junta took power following Park's death. Although the restriction was lifted in 1985, he stayed out of any further participation in politics up until his death in 2009.

*South Korean Intelligence chief (1924-2009)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** South Korea
- **Born:** 1924-02-23
- **Died:** 2009-10-31
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [李厚洛](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%8E%9A%E6%B4%9B)
- [Lee Hu-rak](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hu-rak)
- [Lee Hu-rak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hu-rak)
- [李厚洛](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%8E%9A%E6%B4%9B)
- [이후락](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%ED%9B%84%EB%9D%BD)
- [Ли Ху Рак](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8_%D0%A5%D1%83_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BA)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q401464)

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