Ho Ka-i

Ho Ka-i
Vice Premier of the Cabinet
In office 4 November 1951 – 2 July 1953 Serving with Pak Hon-yong, Hong Myong-hui, Kim Chaek, Choe Chang-ik and Choe Yong-gon.
Premier	Kim Il Sung
First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee
In office 24 June 1949 – 2 July 1953
Chairman	Kim Il Sung
2nd Secretary	Yi Sung-yop
3rd Secretary	Kim Sam-yong
Personal details
Born	(1908-03-18)18 March 1908 Khabarovsk, Russian Empire
Died	2 June 1953(1953-06-02) (aged 45) Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Nationality	Korean
Spouses	Anna Innokentevna Li ​ ​ (m. 1927; died 1947)​ Nina Tsoi ​ ​ (m. 1949)​
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	허가이
Hancha	許哥誼
Revised Romanization	Heo Gai
McCune–Reischauer	Hŏ Kai
Occupation	Politician

Alexei Ivanovich Hegai (Russian: Алексей Иванович Хегай, Korean: 허가이; 18 March 1908 – 2 July 1953), also known as Ho Ka-i, was a Soviet political operative in North Korea (DPRK) and leader of the Soviet Korean faction within the early political structure of North Korea. He was the second vice-chairman of the DPRK Politburo from 1949 until he was purged.^[1] He allegedly killed himself in Pyongyang^[1] and was replaced as leader by Pak Chang-ok.