Back هوانج جانج يوب ARZ Hwang Čang-jop Czech Hwang Jang-yop German Hwang Jang-yop Spanish Hwang Jang-yop Finnish Hwang Jang-yop French הואנג ג'אנג יופ HE Hwang Jang-yop ID 黄長燁 Japanese 황장엽 Korean
Hwang Jang-yop | |
|---|---|
황장엽 | |
 Hwang in 2009 | |
| Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly | |
| In office 28 December 1972 – 7 April 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Choe Yong-gon |
| Succeeded by | Yang Hyong-sop |
| Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly | |
| In office 28 December 1972 – 7 April 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Paek Nam-un |
| Succeeded by | Yang Hyong-sop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hwang Jang-yop 17 February 1923 Kangdong County, Heian'nan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 10 October 2010 (aged 87) Seoul, South Korea |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea (1946–1997) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 황장엽 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hwang Jang-yeop |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hwang Changyŏp |
Hwang Jang-yop (Korean: 황장엽; 17 February 1923 – 10 October 2010) was a North Korean politician who defected to South Korea. He served as the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 1972 to 1983 and was largely responsible for crafting Juche, the state ideology of North Korea. He defected in 1997, the highest-ranking North Korean to have defected.[1]
- ^ "Hwang Jang-yop dies at 87", Korea Times, 10 October 2010, archived from the original on 11 October 2010, retrieved 10 October 2010