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Hwang Kyo-ahn

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Hwang Kyo-ahn (Korean: 황교안; Hanja: 黃敎安; RR: Hwang Gyoan; born 15 April 1957) is a South Korean politician and prosecutor who served as acting president of South Korea from 9 December 2016 to 10 May 2017 and the prime minister of South Korea from 18 June 2015 to 11 May 2017. Hwang served as Minister of Justice from 2013 to 2015 under President Park Geun-hye. He played a leading role in the investigation into the 2013 South Korean sabotage plot, which led to the conviction of Lee Seok-ki and the dissolution of the Unified Progressive Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hwang Kyo-ahn has received more than 1,022,714 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Hwang Kyo-ahn is the 5,637th most popular politician (down from 5,556th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from South Korea (down from 78th in 2019) and the 55th most popular South Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hwang Kyo-ahn ranks 5,637 out of 19,576. Before him are Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, Igor Ivanov, Odo I, Duke of Burgundy, Lucius Mummius Achaicus, Princess Margaretha of Saxony, and Prince Henry of Prussia. After him are Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Christian Michelsen, Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, and Bidzina Ivanishvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Hwang Kyo-ahn ranks 48. Before him are Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, Anna Lindh, Caroline Kennedy, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, John Turturro, and Fran Drescher. After him are Yuen Biao, Shannon Tweed, Subcomandante Marcos, Spike Lee, Preben Elkjær, and Stephen Fry.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Hwang Kyo-ahn ranks 81 out of 1,128. Before him are Heo Jun (1546), Yi I (1536), Han Duck-soo (1949), Lee Sun-kyun (1975), Psy (1977), and Lee Soo-man (1952). After him are Shin Kyuk-ho (1921), Jang Bogo (787), Ma Dong-seok (1971), Chungnyeol of Goryeo (1236), Heo Jeong (1896), and Kim Bu-sik (1075).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Hwang Kyo-ahn ranks 55. Before him are Kim Tu-bong (1889), Kim Jae-gyu (1926), Queen Munjeong (1501), Ri Chun-hee (1943), Jeong Mong-ju (1337), and Han Duck-soo (1949). After him are Chungnyeol of Goryeo (1236), Heo Jeong (1896), Chung Hong-won (1944), Kim Jong-pil (1926), Lee Jong-wook (1945), and Kim Kyu-sik (1881).

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