# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/won-sei-hoon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:24:33.687Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/won-sei-hoon"
name: "Won Sei-hoon"
slug: "won-sei-hoon"
description: "Won Sei-hoon is a former South Korean public servant. Born in Yeongju, he obtained a Masters in Urban Administration from Hanyang University. In 2009, he was appointed the 10th Director of the National Intelligence Service. He was indicted in June 2013 for attempted interference in the 2012 South Korean presidential election by allegedly ordering an online misinformation campaign against opposition candidates. On January 22, 2014, he was found guilty for graft. He got a 2-year jail term and a fine of some 160 million won. In 2015, the Supreme Court returned to a lower court this ruling. On August 30, 2017, he was sentenced to four years in prison by the Seoul High Court."
tagline: "South Korean politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2005%EB%85%84_6%EC%9B%94_28%EC%9D%BC_%EC%9E%84%EC%9A%A9%EB%B0%B0%2C_%EC%9B%90%EC%84%B8%ED%9B%88%2C_%EC%84%9C%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1951-01-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.880166666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%83%E4%B8%96%E5%8B%B2"
    title: "元世勲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Sei-hoon"
    title: "Won Sei-hoon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Sei-hoon"
    title: "Won Sei-hoon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%83%E4%B8%96%E5%8B%8B"
    title: "元世勋"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9B%90%EC%84%B8%ED%9B%88_(1951%EB%85%84)"
    title: "원세훈 (1951년)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B5_%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Вон Се Хун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211081"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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