Kim Yong-dae (politician)

Kim Yong-dae (Korean: 김영대, born 12 December 1937) is a North Korean politician. He is the chairman of the National Reconciliation Council. He was the leader of the Korean Social Democratic Party from 1998 to 2019.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Yong-dae
Vice President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
In office
April 2009 – 30 August 2019
Chairman of the Korean Social Democratic Party
In office
August 1998 – 30 August 2019
Succeeded byPak Yong-il
Personal details
Born (1937-12-12) 12 December 1937
South Hamgyong Province
NationalityNorth Korean
Political partyKorean Social Democratic Party
Alma materKim Il-sung University
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
김영대
Hancha
金永大
Revised RomanizationKim Yeong-dae[1]
McCune–ReischauerKim Yo’ng-tae[2]

Career

Kim Yong-dae was born on 12 December 1937 in South Hamgyong Province. He is a graduate of Kim Il-sung University,[3] where he completed a three-year course.[4]

Kim became the Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party in September 1989. He became its Chairman in August 1998.[3] Kim was succeeded by Pak Yong-il in 2019.[5]

Kim was first elected a member of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) in the 1990 North Korean parliamentary election. As the parliament began its session, Kim was chosen as the Vice Chairman of its Foreign Affairs committee and a member of the Credentials Committee. Next year, he became the President of the Parliamentary North Korea–Indonesia Friendship Group, Vice Chairman of the Parliamentary North Korea–Iran Friendship Group, and Vice President of the North Korea–Japan Friendship Association.[3] Kim is the Chairman of the National Reconciliation Council.[6]

Kim renewed his SPA seat in 1998 (496th Electoral District) and in 2003 (86th Electoral District).[7] In 2009, he was elected again, this time from the 97th Electoral District.[7]

Kim became a Vice President of the SPA Presidium since 1998.[3] Kim's constituency since the 2019 North Korean parliamentary election is the 118th Electoral District (Jangsang).[8] He was replaced in the Presidium by the new party chairman Pak Yong-il on 29 August 2019.[9]

Fyodor Tertitskiy of NK News characterizes Kim as "just another North Korean bureaucrat" and of less interest than Ryu Mi-yong, the head of the other minor party, Chondoist Chongu Party. Kim was placed second to last on the funeral committee of Kim Jong-il, ahead of only Ryu, testifying to the low-ranking position of heads of minor parties in the North Korean hierarchy.[10]

In August 2004, he met with Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, although the meeting was strictly supervised.[11] In 2012, Kim Yong-dae met with the South Korean Unified Progressive Party representatives and signed a joint-statement condemning Japan's activities in the Liancourt Rocks dispute.[10]

He received the Order of Kim Jong-il in February 2012.[3]

References
  1. North Korea Handbook. M.E. Sharpe. 27 December 2002. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-7656-3523-5.
  2. "6th Session of the 13th SPA Held". North Korea Leadership Watch. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. 인물: 김영대(남성). nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr (in Korean). Ministry of Unification. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  4. 김영대 (金永大). nkinfo.kinu.or.kr (in Korean). Ministry of Unification. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012.
  5. Lee, Seung-hyun (4 September 2019). 민중당, 박용일 조선사회민주당 위원장에 축하문. Tongil News (in Korean). Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  6. "Foundation Day of Korea Marked". Rodong Sinmun. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017.
  7. 전현준 (March 2009). 통일정세분석 2009-04 북한의 제12기 최고인민회의 대의원 선거 결과 분석 (PDF) (in Korean). Korea Institute for National Unification. 부록: 제10기, 11기, 12기 대의원 명단. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  8. Jo Jung-hoon (12 March 2019). 북 김정은, 최고인민회의 대의원 처음 빠져: (추가) 북 언론, 687명 대의원 명단 발표...당 부위원장들 포함 (명단). Tongil News (in Korean). Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  9. Go Byung-jun (29 August 2019). "(3rd LD) N. Korea amends constitution to cement Kim's grip on power". Yonhap. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  10. Tertitskiy, Fyodor (26 November 2014). "Being a minor party in the North". NK News. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  11. "Korea, Democratic People's Republic of*". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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