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POLITICIAN

Kim Jong-pil

1926 - 2018

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Kim Jong-pil (Korean: 김종필; Korean pronunciation: [kimdʑoŋpʰil]; January 7, 1926 – June 23, 2018), also known colloquially as JP, was a South Korean politician and the founder/first director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA, now the National Intelligence Service). He served as Prime Minister twice, from 1971 to 1975 during the presidency of Park Chung Hee (1961–1979) and from 1998 to 2000 during the presidency of Kim Dae-jung (1998–2003). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Jong-pil has received more than 183,581 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Kim Jong-pil is the 7,122nd most popular politician (down from 6,836th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from South Korea (up from 107th in 2019) and the 59th most popular South Korean Politician.

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  • 26

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kim Jong-pil ranks 7,122 out of 15,577Before him are Lakhdar Brahimi, Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Tokugawa Ienobu, Meleager, and Ahmed Muhtar Pasha. After him are Bezprym, Olof Björnsson, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Muryeong of Baekje, Sansang of Goguryeo, and Shoshenq III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Kim Jong-pil ranks 131Before him are Jürgen Moltmann, Thorbjörn Fälldin, Raif Dizdarević, Norman Jewison, Prince Dimitri Romanov, and Shigeo Sugimoto. After him are Peter Graves, Riz Ortolani, Shin Sang-ok, Karel Reisz, Ed McBain, and Don Rickles. Among people deceased in 2018, Kim Jong-pil ranks 106Before him are Belisario Betancur, Nicanor Parra, Uri Avnery, Bruno Sammartino, Richard Pipes, and Gennady Rozhdestvensky. After him are Alan Baker, Maria Bueno, Margot Kidder, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Michael Anderson, and Michael Halliday.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Kim Jong-pil ranks 92 out of 944Before him are Park Chan-wook (1963), Bong Joon-ho (1969), Jo Gwang-jo (1482), Kim Seong-su (1891), Shin Kyuk-ho (1921), and Kim Kyu-sik (1881). After him are Song Joong-ki (1985), Sin Yun-bok (1758), Lee Jung-jae (1972), Lee Min-ho (1987), Shin Sang-ok (1926), and Jungkook (1997).

Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Kim Jong-pil ranks 59Before him are Hwang Kyo-ahn (1957), Heo Jeong (1896), Ye Wanyong (1858), Jo Gwang-jo (1482), Kim Seong-su (1891), and Kim Kyu-sik (1881). After him are Goh Kun (1938), Lee Jong-wook (1945), Han Seung-soo (1936), Chungjeong of Goryeo (1338), Lyuh Woon-hyung (1886), and Lee Wan-koo (1950).