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Kang Kyung-hwa

Diplomat · PEP · Politician

Kang Kyung-hwa is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Kang Kyung-hwa · Kang Kyung-wha · Κανγκ Κιονγκ-Χουά · كانج كيو وها · كانغ كيو وها · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Gang Gyeong-hwa · Kang Kyeong-hwa · Kang Kyung-Wha of Korea · Kyung-hwa Kang · Kyung-wha Kang · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	カン・ギョンファ				[sources]
Birth date	1955-04-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Seoul				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Citizenship	South Korea				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Gyeong-hwa				[sources]
Last name	Kang				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Party of Korea				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6362240				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Ambassador to the US · Foreign minister of South Korea (2017-2021)				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Arts (1977) · Doctor of Philosophy (1984) · Master of Arts (1981) · University of Massachusetts Amherst · Yonsei University				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-12	Last processed	2026-04-12	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,710

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories342,715

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,935

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

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Wikidata330,422

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions502,929

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-korea-south-kang-kyung-wha-ambassador-to-the-us

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