Hwang Ki-chul

{{Infobox officeholder

| native_name = {{nobold|황기철}}

| termend1 = 27 February 2015

| term_start3 = 21 November 2011

| termend2 = 27 September 2013

| termstart2 = 6 November 2012

| office3 = Vice Chief of Naval Operations

| office2 = Superintendent of Korea Naval Academy

| successor1 = Jung Ho-sub

| predecessor1 = Choi Yoon-hee

| termstart1 = 28 September 2013

| president1 = Park Geun-hye

| alma_mater = Korea Naval Academy
Korea University
Pantheon-Sorbonne University

| office1 = Chief of Naval Operations

| image = Navy (ROKN) Admiral Hwang Ki-chul 해군대장 황기철 (140730-D-NI589-006 (14602326287).jpg).jpg

| predecessor = Park Sam-duk

| birth_place = Changwon, South Korea

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|09|02|df=y}}

| termstart = 31 December 2020

| primeminister = Chung Sye-kyun
Kim Boo-kyum

| president = Moon Jae-in

| office = Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs

| term_end3 = 2 November 2012

| termend = 12 May 2022

| successor = Park Min-shik

| module = {{infobox Korean name/auto

|hangul=%황기철

|hanja=黃基鐵

|child=yes

}}

Hwang Ki-chul ({{korean|hangul=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.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-30|title=Moon Nominates Park Beom-Kye As New Justice Minister|url=http://tbs.seoul.kr/eFm/newsView.do?typ_800=N&idx_800=3417104&seq_800=20409681|access-date=2020-12-30|website=TBS|language=ko}}

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.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:국가보훈처|url=https://www.mpva.go.kr/mpva/contents.do?key=239|access-date=2020-12-31|website=www.mpva.go.kr}}

On 14 August 2021, Hwang will visit Kazakhstan as president's special envoy to retrieve body of Hong Beom-do, the general commander of Korean independence army against Japanese rule over Korea.{{Cite web|title=Remains of General Hong Beom-do to Be Returned from Kazakhstan|url=http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=163533|access-date=2021-08-13|website=KBS World|language=en}}

He first entered politics in 2017. He joined then-candidate Moon Jae-in's presidential campaign in 2017.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:[프로필]황기철 보훈처장, 해군참모총장 출신…문재인캠프 참여|url=https://www.msn.com/ko-kr/news/politics/%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9C%ED%95%84%ED%99%A9%EA%B8%B0%EC%B2%A0-%EB%B3%B4%ED%9B%88%EC%B2%98%EC%9E%A5-%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0%EC%B0%B8%EB%AA%A8%EC%B4%9D%EC%9E%A5-%EC%B6%9C%EC%8B%A0%E2%80%A6%EB%AC%B8%EC%9E%AC%EC%9D%B8%EC%BA%A0%ED%94%84-%EC%B0%B8%EC%97%AC/ar-BB1ckTHd|access-date=2020-12-31|website=www.msn.com}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Minister |url=https://www.mpva.go.kr/english/contents.do?key=998 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803150630/https://www.mpva.go.kr/english/contents.do?key=998 |archive-date=2021-08-03 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs}}