Hwang Jang-yop
North Korean poltiican and defector
Died when: 87 years 235 days (1051 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Hwang Jang-yop (Korean: ???; 17 February 1923 – 10 October 2010) was a North Korean politician who served as the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 1972–1983 and was largely responsible for crafting Juche, the state ideology of North Korea.
He defected to South Korea in 1997, the highest-ranking North Korean to have defected.
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