Kim Kuk-thae

Kim Kuk-thae
Chairman of the Inspection Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea
In office
28 September 2010 – 13 December 2013
LeaderKim Jong Il
Kim Jong Un
Preceded byRu Tuk-nam
Succeeded byHong In-bom
Personal details
Born(1924-08-27)27 August 1924
Kankyōhoku-dō (North Hamgyong Province), Korea, Empire of Japan
Died13 December 2013(2013-12-13) (aged 89)
Pyongyang, People's Democratic Republic of Korea
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
김국태
Hancha
金國泰
Revised RomanizationGim Guk-tae
McCune–ReischauerKim Kuk-t'ae

Kim Kuk-thae (Korean: 김국태; 27 August 1924 – 13 December 2013) was an elder apparatchik of the Workers' Party of Korea, the ruling party in North Korea.