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Jang Ki-chang (February 18, 1895 – February 29, 1952) was a government official during the Japanese occupation and was born in Gahoe-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Life
He graduated from Kyungsung High School in 1914. In 1915, he served as an apprentice to the general affairs department of the General Affairs Bureau of the Governor-General's Office of the Joseon Governor-General, and as a member of the Interior Ministry of the Joseon Governor-General from 1916 to 1920. On September 14, 1920, he was appointed as the head of Gwangyang-gun, Jeollanam-do, and served as the head of Yeosu-gun, Jeollanam-do from March 30, 1923 to February 23, 1924. On 22 February 1924, he was crowned 6th in the High Court.

In February 1924, he was appointed as the manager of Honam Bank's Suncheon branch, and from May 1929 to August 1931, he served as the head of the investigation department of Honam Bank's headquarters. From July 1931 to 1932, he was commissioned as the provincial governor of Hwanghae Province, Ongjin-gun (appointed on March 25, 1933), Songhwa-gun (appointed on December 12, 1934), Sincheon-gun (appointed on July 3, 1937), Jeryeong-gun (appointed on July 26, 1939), and Yeonbaek-gun (appointed on November 29, 1940).

When he served as governor of Sincheon-gun and Jaryeong-gun in Hwanghae-do, he actively cooperated in the Sino-Japanese War by dispensing military supplies, holding lectures, disseminating national defense ideas, encouraging national debt and saving, consoling military bereaved families, and raising funds

On May 19, 1939, the Japanese government received a certificate of service for the 6th place.

While serving as Yeonbaek-gun County, Hwanghae-do Province, 160,000 won (75,000 won for patriotism, 5,000 won for consolation, and 80,000 won for aircraft construction) was donated to the Japanese Army and Navy to actively cooperate in the Pacific War.

On August 18, 1943, he was appointed as a participating officer and provincial secretary and head of the industrial department, and served as a member of the Pyeonganbuk Wage Committee (appointed September 7, 1943), a director of agriculture and commerce (appointed December 1, 1943) and a supervisor of the Pyeonganbuk branch of the Joseon Food Youngdan.

On September 20, 1944, he was appointed as an executive secretary of the Gyeongseong Regional Liaison Department for the Emergency Augmentation of the Chosun Railroad Line, and until liberation in 1945, he was ranked third in high official   and fifth in 1945.

pro-Japanese group It was included in the 708-member list, the Joseon Governor-General's Office, the Provincial Participation Hall, the bureaucracy of the National Research Institute's list of pro-Japanese biographical dictionaries, and the 705-member list of pro-Japanese anti-national activities announced by the Committee.