# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/o-jin-u
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:14:19.339Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/o-jin-u"
name: "O Jin-u"
slug: "o-jin-u"
description: "O Jin-u was a North Korean general and politician. He was a close associate of Kim Il Sung. O served under Kim in the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, and then as commander of Kim's bodyguard. He was a founding officer of the Korean People's Army (KPA), fought in the Korean War, and was a Vice-Chairman of the National Defence Commission from 1972 until dying in 1995. He was considered to be the most powerful person in North Korea after Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, a hardliner, and a strong supporter of North Korea's nuclear program."
tagline: "North Korean marshal and politician (1917–1995)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/North_Korean_Marshal_O_Jin-u.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1917-03-08"
deathDate: "1995-02-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.78
  momentum:             0.2532061821769155
  historical:           13.17891466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%B4%E6%8C%AF%E5%AE%87_(%E6%9C%9D%E9%B2%9C)"
    title: "吴振宇 (朝鲜)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88"
    title: "او كين و"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Chin-u"
    title: "O Chin-u"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Jin-u"
    title: "O Jin-u"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Chin-u"
    title: "O Chin-u"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Jin-u"
    title: "O Jin-u"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Chin-u"
    title: "O Chin-u"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Jin-u"
    title: "O Jin-u"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%89%E6%8C%AF%E5%AE%87"
    title: "呉振宇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EC%A7%84%EC%9A%B0"
    title: "오진우"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Jin-u"
    title: "O Jin-u"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Jin_U"
    title: "O Jin U"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A3"
    title: "О Джин У"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A3"
    title: "О Джин У"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Jin-u"
    title: "O Jin-u"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q196064"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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