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Won Hee-ryong

Politician

Won Hee-ryong 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	Won Hee-ryong · 元喜龍 · 원희룡				[sources]
Weak alias	ウォン・ヒリョン				[sources]
Birth date	1964-02-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Seogwipo				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	South Korea				[sources]
Citizenship	South Korea				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (past)				[sources]
Last name	Won				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q8031676				[sources]
Position	Governor of Jeju Province · Member of the National Assembly of South Korea · Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport				[sources]
Education	Seoul National University				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Member of the National Assembly

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Yun-Hyong Kang Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport	2022-05-13	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,553

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,825

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions516,108

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,579

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-korea-south-won-hee-ryong-minister-of-land-infrastructure-transport

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