| 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 |
| Predecessor: | Park Sam-duk |
| Birth Place: | now-Jinhae-gu, Changwon, South Korea |
| Birth Date: | 2 September 1956 |
| 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 |
Hwang Ki-chul (; 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 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.[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 a MBA from Kyung Hee University. He also completed a doctorate programme in political science at Hannam University.[5]
| Admiral | 2013 | |
| Vice admiral | 2010 | |
| Rear admiral Upper Half | 2006 | |
| Rear Admiral Lower Half | 2001 | |
| Ensign | 1978 | |