Kim Chong-hoh

Kim Chong-hoh (November 30, 1935 – March 3, 2018)[1] was a South Korean parliamentarian and Home Affairs Committee chairman.[2]

Kim Chong-hoh
BornNovember 30, 1935
DiedMarch 3, 2018 (aged 82)
Known forPresident of the World Scout Parliamentary Union
Korean name
Hangul
김종호
Hanja
金宗鎬
Revised RomanizationGim Jong-ho
McCune–ReischauerKim Chong-ho

Kim served as the founding President of the World Scout Parliamentary Union, and as a parliamentarian, he was instrumental in the creation of a group of former Scouts elected to representative positions in Korea, in 1983.

In 1998, Kim was awarded the 265th Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, at the 1999 World Scout Conference.[3]

References

  1. "김종호 전 국회부의장 별세…향년 83세". 연합뉴스. March 3, 2018.
  2. Minister sacked over massacre, New Straits Times (April 29, 1982)
  3. "List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award". scout.org. WOSM. Archived from the original on 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2019-05-01.


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