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
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 (2010-10-11) (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	黃長燁
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 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 to South Korea in 1997, the highest-ranking North Korean to have defected.^[1]