# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/o-kuk-ryol
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:34:08.933Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/o-kuk-ryol"
name: "O Kuk-ryol"
slug: "o-kuk-ryol"
description: "O Kuk-ryol was a North Korean military general. He was Chief of General Staff of the Korean People's Army from 1979 to 1988. He also served as vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea, head of the Operations Department from April 2009 to June 2016. Foreign observers referred to O as the second most powerful man in North Korea."
tagline: "North Korean politician and general (1930–2023)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/Okukryolnknk.png"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1930-01-07"
deathDate: "2023-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.39687333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%B4%E5%85%8B%E7%83%88"
    title: "吴克烈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E_%D0%93%D1%8B%D0%BA_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "О Гык Роль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E_%D0%93%D1%8B%D0%BA_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "О Гык Роль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_K%C5%ADng-ny%C5%8Fl"
    title: "O Kŭng-nyŏl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Kuk-ryol"
    title: "O Kuk-ryol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Kuk-ryol"
    title: "O Kuk-ryol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Kuk-ryol"
    title: "O Kuk-ryol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%89%E5%85%8B%E7%83%88"
    title: "呉克烈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EA%B7%B9%EB%A0%AC"
    title: "오극렬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Kuk-ryol"
    title: "O Kuk-ryol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_K%C5%ADk_Ry%C5%8Fl"
    title: "O Kŭk Ryŏl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E_%D0%9A%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D1%91%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "О Кын Нёль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Kuk-ryol"
    title: "O Kuk-ryol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714727"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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