Hwang Ki-chul

PresidentMoon Jae-in

Prime MinisterChung Sye-kyun
Kim Boo-kyum

Preceded byPark Sam-duk

Succeeded byPark Min-shik

Hwang Ki-chul
황기철
Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
In office 31 December 2020 – 12 May 2022
President	Moon Jae-in
Prime Minister	Chung Sye-kyun Kim Boo-kyum
Preceded by	Park Sam-duk
Succeeded by	Park Min-shik
Chief of Naval Operations
In office 28 September 2013 – 27 February 2015
President	Park Geun-hye
Preceded by	Choi Yoon-hee
Succeeded by	Jung Ho-sub
Superintendent of Korea Naval Academy
In office 6 November 2012 – 27 September 2013
Vice Chief of Naval Operations
In office 21 November 2011 – 2 November 2012
Personal details
Born	(1956-09-02) 2 September 1956 (age 69) Changwon, South Korea
Alma mater	Korea Naval Academy Korea University Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Korean name
Hangul	황기철
Hanja	黃基鐵
RR	Hwang Gicheol
MR	Hwang Kich'ŏl

Hwang Ki-chul (Korean: 황기철; born 2 September 1956) is a South Korean ex-Navy chief served as the Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs from 2020 to 2022.^[1]

Hwang previously served as deputy chief of navy during Lee Myung-bak administration from 2011 to 2012 and its chief during the following Park Geun-hye administration from 2013 to 2015. He also served as the head of his alma mater from 2012 to 2013.^[2]

On 14 August 2021, Hwang visited Kazakhstan as the president's special envoy to retrieve the body of Hong Beom-do, the general commander of Korean independence army against Japanese rule over Korea.^[3]

He first entered politics in 2017. He joined then-candidate Moon Jae-in's presidential campaign in 2017.^[4] In the 2020 general election, he ran for Jinhae constituency which is his hometown and where major Navy facilities and his alma mater reside.

Hwang is a Korea Naval Academy graduate. He holds three degrees - a bachelor in French language and literature from Korea University, a master's in history from University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and an MBA from Kyung Hee University. He also completed a doctorate programme in political science at Hannam University.^[5]