Hwang Jang-yop
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 |
| 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.