Kim Yong-hwan (politician)

Kim Yong-hwan (Korean: 김영환) is a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He is a member of the Party Censorship Committee and Chairman of the Pyongyang Party Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

For the South Korean politician, see Kim Young-hwan.
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Yong-hwan
Chief Secretary of the Pyongyang City Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
Assumed office
February 2020
Supreme LeaderKim Jong-un
Preceded byKim Nung-o
Chief Secretary of the Ryanggang Province Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
In office
December 2019 – February 2020
Supreme LeaderKim Jong-un
Preceded byLee Sang-won
Succeeded byRi Tae-il
Personal details
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
OccupationPolitician

Biography

In February 1997, he was appointed first vice-chairman of the Central Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In May 2016, at the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea he was elected as a member of the WPK Inspection Commission.[1] After being appointed chairman of the Ryanggang Province Party Committee in December 2019, he was elected chairman of the Pyongyang Party Party Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea at the Political Bureau expanded meeting on February 29, 2020.[2]

References
  1. “北, 당 중앙위원 128명, 후보위원 106명 발표”. 《노컷뉴스》. 2016년 5월 10일. 2018년 9월 4일에 확인함.
  2. “김정은 '최고권력' 조직지도부장 해임 파격…기강잡기 칼 빼들다”. 《연합뉴스》. 2020년 3월 1일. 2020년 3월 1일에 확인함.


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