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 207,519 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Kim Jong-pil is the 6,508th most popular politician (up from 7,102nd in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from South Korea and the 59th most popular South Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kim Jong-pil ranks 6,508 out of 19,576Before him are Leonor Teles, Mitsumasa Yonai, Domenico Michiel, Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Anton Korošec, and Mithridates II of Parthia. After him are Bechara El Khoury, Chilperic of Aquitaine, Cestius Gallus, Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Double Falcon, and Eudokia Angelina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Kim Jong-pil ranks 121Before him are Henry Molaison, Sydney Chaplin, Galina Vishnevskaya, Hans Werner Henze, Yevgeny Leonov, and Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse. After him are Cloris Leachman, Muhammad al-Badr, Estanislau Basora, Teddy Scholten, Salah Jadid, and Valerio Zurlini. Among people deceased in 2018, Kim Jong-pil ranks 88Before him are Uri Avnery, Hayden White, Aharon Appelfeld, Fernando del Paso, Keith O'Brien, and Oliver Dragojević. After him are Oskar Gröning, John Young, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Kira Muratova, Adem Demaçi, and Belisario Betancur.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Kim Jong-pil ranks 91 out of 1,128Before him are Chungnyeol of Goryeo (1236), Heo Jeong (1896), Kim Bu-sik (1075), Chung Hong-won (1944), Princess Deokhye (1912), and Won Gyun (1540). After him are Lee Byung-hun (1970), Wallace (null), Jang Yeong-sil (1400), Soh Jaipil (1864), Jisoo (1995), and Lee Jong-wook (1945).

Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Kim Jong-pil ranks 59Before him are Jeong Mong-ju (1337), Han Duck-soo (1949), Hwang Kyo-ahn (1957), Chungnyeol of Goryeo (1236), Heo Jeong (1896), and Chung Hong-won (1944). After him are Lee Jong-wook (1945), Kim Kyu-sik (1881), Beopheung of Silla (500), Ye Wanyong (1858), Kim Seong-su (1891), and Goh Kun (1938).