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# Thae Yong-ho 태영호 

Member of the National Assembly of South Korea

defected 65 years old 

Thae Yong-ho, also known by his pseudonym Tae Ku-min, is a North Korean-born South Korean politician and former diplomat who served as a member of the National Assembly for the Gangnam district of Seoul. After studying abroad in Beijing, China, for a decade, he became North Korea's deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom, prior to defecting with his family to South Korea in 2016\. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thae%5FYong-ho)

Born

1961-07-25, Pyongyang

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2016-08-17

Also known as

Tae Yong-ho, Thae Hyong-sik

## Positions

1. 2020–2023 Member of the National Assembly of South Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26299233)
2. 2006–2016 Deputy Ambassador to the United Kingdom · Ministry of Foreign Affairs [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thae%5FYong-ho)

## Notable

- 2024-07 Appointed Secretary-General of the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in July 2024.[source](https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240718006200315)

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