Kim Ki-nam (politician)

Kim Ki-nam
김기남
Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea
In office
April 1989 – 9 October 2017
DeputyRi Jae-il
Kim Yo-jong
LeaderKim Il Sung
Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Un
Preceded by?
Succeeded byPak Kwang-ho
Personal details
Born(1929-08-28)28 August 1929
Kumya County, Kankyōnan-dō, Chōsen, Empire of Japan
Died7 May 2024(2024-05-07) (aged 94)
Ponghwa Clinic, Pyongyang
Resting placePatriotic Martyrs' Cemetery
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Korean name
Hangul
김기남
Hanja
金己男[1][2]
金基南[3][4]
Revised RomanizationKim Gi-nam
McCune–ReischauerKim Ki-nam

Kim Ki-nam (Korean김기남; 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]

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  2. ^ "북한 조선노동당 부위원장 김기남 사망". Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  3. ^ "북한 김기남비서 건강이상설". Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  4. ^ "김정일 쾌유 메시지 DJ에 전달". Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  5. ^ "N.Koreans rally against UN". Straits Times. 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Seating positions at N. Korea's national event show power shifts". Yonhap News Agency.
  7. ^ "Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland (CPRF) – North Korea Leadership Watch".
  8. ^ Summary of world broadcasts. Monitoring Service, British Broadcasting Corporation. 1999. Item notes: nos. 5478–5508.