Kim Ki-nam | |
|---|---|
김기남 | |
| Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea | |
| In office April 1989 – 9 October 2017 | |
| Deputy | Ri Jae-il Kim Yo-jong |
| Leader | Kim Il Sung Kim Jong Il Kim Jong Un |
| Preceded by | ? |
| Succeeded by | Pak Kwang-ho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 August 1929 Kumya County, Kankyōnan-dō, Chōsen, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 7 May 2024 (aged 94) Ponghwa Clinic, Pyongyang |
| Resting place | Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김기남 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Kim Gi-nam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Ki-nam |
Kim Ki-nam (Korean: 김기남; 28 August 1929 – 7 May 2024) was a North Korean official. He served as Vice Chairman (previously Secretary) of the Workers' Party of Korea,[5] and Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department from 1989 until 2017,[6] responsible for coordinating the country's press, media, fine arts, and publishing to support government policy. He was also a vice-chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland,[7] in which capacity he led numerous visits to the South, and served several terms in the Supreme People's Assembly, to which he was first elected in November 1977.[8]