Jang Deok-jin ( Korean : 장덕진 ; 27 June 1934 ? 20 April 2017) was a South Korean lawyer and politician.

A native of Chuncheon , Jang attended Korea University , where he earned a law degree in 1960. Jang began his political career in 1968 at what became the Ministry of Strategy and Finance . He led the Korea Football Association from 1970 to 1973. Elected to the National Assembly in 1971, Jang served one term and in 1973 was named vice minister of agriculture . Four years later, in 1977, he was nominated to head the agriculture ministry. ^[1]

After retiring from politics, Jang became an economic adviser for the provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin in China and also taught at Harbin Institute of Technology . He died, aged 82, on 20 April 2017. ^[1]

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