Kang Ryang-uk
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Kang Ryang-uk | |
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강량욱 | |
![]() Portrait of Kang Ryang-uk | |
2nd Vice President of North Korea | |
In office 28 December 1972 – 15 December 1977 | |
President | Kim Il-sung |
Preceded by | Choe Yong-gon |
Succeeded by | Kim Tong-gyu |
7th Vice President of North Korea | |
In office 15 December 1977 – 5 April 1982 | |
President | Kim Il-sung |
Preceded by | Pak Song-chol |
Succeeded by | Kim Il |
Personal details | |
Born | Pyongyang, Korea[1] | 7 December 1903
Died | 9 January 1983 North Korea | (aged 79)
Cause of death | Illness |
Kang Ryang-uk | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | |
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Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Gang Ryang-uk |
McCune–Reischauer | Kang Ryang'uk |
Kang Ryang-uk (Korean: 강량욱, 7 December 1903 [2][3] – 9 January 1983),[4] also spelled Kang Lyanguk, was a North Korean Presbyterian minister and Chairman of the Korean Christian Federation since 1946.[5]
Kang was the maternal uncle of North Korean Premier Kim Il-sung. Kim's mother, Kang's cousin, was Kang Pan-sok, who was also a devout Presbyterian.[5] In his early years, Kang he was a school teacher (one of his pupils was Kim Il-sung). In the 1940s he studied Theology at the Pyongyang University, and after he completed his study he became a minister.
Kang became one of the close advisers of Kim Il-sung shortly after his return from the Soviet Union in October 1945. In 1946 he became the Chairman of the Christian League, later called the Korean Christian Federation. This organisation was in close contact with the Communist Party. In 1949 all Protestant Ministers were forced to join Kang's Christian Federation.
In the late 1940s, Kang became Deputy Chairman of the Korean Social Democratic Party (Korean Democratic Party), which was a close ally of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.
He became the Chairman of the party in November 1958.[1]
Kang later served as a and a secretary of the Supreme People's Assembly. He was appointed as Vice President by the Supreme People's Assembly in 1972 and he left the office in 1982.[6][7]
Kang's second son, Kang Yong-sop, later succeeded him as head of the Korean Christian Federation.[8]
References[]
- ^ a b 강량욱(康良旭). 북한지역정보넷 (in Korean). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ 정세와기도 - 2017년 11월 9일 주여, 감사합니다.. jubileeuni.com.
- ^ 12월 7일 오늘의 역사.. 대설, 미국 진주만 희생자 추모일. m.dailyjeonbuk.com.
- ^ Ap (12 January 1983). "Kang Ryang Uk, 79, a Leader Of North Korean Communists" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ a b Armstrong, Charles (2016). "Political Religion". In Corner, Paul; Jie-Hyun Lim (eds.). The Palgrave Handbook of Mass Dictatorship. Springer. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-137-43763-1.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1973Jan-June". HathiTrust. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1983Jan-June". HathiTrust. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "North Korean Christian leader Kang Young-sup dies". Presbyterian Church USA. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
Further reading[]
- O Myong Kum (2021). Kim Il Sung and His Mentor (PDF). Translated by Choe Kyong Nam; Jong Myong Jin. Korea: Foreign Languages Publishing House. ISBN 978-9946-0-1996-3.
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