Hwang Ki-chul (Korean: 황기철; Hanja: 黃基鐵; born 2 September 1956) is a South Korean ex Navy chief served as the Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs from 2020 to 2022.

[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.

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.

He also completed a doctorate programme in political science at Hannam University.