| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Office: | Member of the National Assembly |
| Term Start: | 30 May 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Kim Yeong-seon |
| Office1: | President of Interpol |
| Term Start1: | 21 November 2018 |
| Term End1: | 24 November 2021 |
| 1Blankname1: | Secretary-General |
| 1Namedata1: | Jürgen Stock |
| Predecessor1: | Meng Hongwei |
| Successor1: | Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi |
| Birth Date: | 30 October 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea |
| Party: | People Power |
| Occupation: | Police officer |
| Alma Mater: | Korea University Seoul National University Dongguk University |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul: | 김종양 |
| Rr: | Gim Jongyang |
| Mr: | Kim Chongyang |
Kim Jong Yang (; born 30 October 1961) is a South Korean politician and police officer who was the 29th president of Interpol from 2018 to 2021.
Prior to his Interpol career, Kim was Commissioner of Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency,[1] the law enforcement agency for South Korea's most populous province.[2] As a police chief, Kim took part in efforts to spread South Korean policing strategies to other nations, including the Philippines, through financial assistance and training programs.[3]
In 2015 Kim was elected as Interpol's vice-president for Asia.[4] [5]
Following the arrest and detainment of Interpol President Meng Hongwei in China, Kim took on the role of Acting President.[6]
Although Interpol Vice-President and Russian interior ministry official Alexander Prokopchuk had been widely tipped to be Meng's successor, at a meeting in Dubai on 18–21 November 2018 Kim was elected to serve the remaining two years of Meng's term.[7] [5] Prokopchuk's candidacy had been opposed by Western nations, which had objected to the Russian government's abuses of Interpol red notices to target dissidents and political opponents.[2]