Kim Tok-hun

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In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Tok-hun
Premier of North Korea
Assumed office
13 August 2020
PresidentKim Jong-un
Preceded byKim Jae-ryong
Head of the Cadre Affairs Department of the Workers' Party of Korea
In office
31 December 2019 – 13 August 2020
LeaderKim Jong-un
Preceded byKim Phyong-hae
Vice Premier of North Korea
In office
11 April 2019 – 13 August 2020
PresidentChoe Ryong-hae
PremierKim Jae-ryong
In office
30 April 2014 – 11 April 2019
PresidentKim Yong-nam
PremierPak Pong-ju
Personal details
Born1961 (age 59–60)
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
김덕훈
Hancha
金德訓
Revised RomanizationGim Deok-hun
McCune–ReischauerKim Tŏkhun

Kim Tok-hun (김덕훈, born 1961[1]) is a North Korean politician serving as the Premier of North Korea since August 2020.[2] He is also a full member on the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea and served as the chief of the parliamentary budget committee.[3] He was formerly the delegate for DPRK-South Korea cooperation before being appointed a Vice Premier by the Supreme People's Assembly.[4][5]

Kim Tok-hun has been a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea since the 7th Congress in May 2016. He later joined the party Politburo on 11 April 2019 as an alternate member, then he was promoted to full member on 31 December, and concurrently as a party vice-chairman, with a portfolio that included heading the Cadre Affairs Department. He possibly earned Kim Jong-un's approval uncovering a corruption scandal involving cadre training facilities in February of the next year.[6] In April 2020 he was also elected chairman of the Budget Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.

On 13 August, in the wake of COVID-19 spillover in North Korea and floods hitting the southern part of the country, he was appointed premier of the cabinet by Kim Jong-un, and elevated to the top-level Politburo Presidium.

References[]

  1. ^ "김덕훈(남성)". nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. ^ N.K. leader warns against accepting outside assistance over flood damage due to virus risk
  3. ^ Kim, Jeongmin (1 January 2020). "North Korea's New Year's Eve party plenum reveals major leadership reshuffle". NK News. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. ^ Grisafi, John G. "Former Delegate for North-South Cooperation Becomes Vice Premier." NK News North Korea News. North Korea News, 20 June 2014. Web. 20 Oct. 2015. Copy & paste citation
  5. ^ Fifth Cabinet Vice Premier Appointed, May 1, 2014 Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "The August Political Bureau Meeting". North Korea Leadership Watch. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly Budget Committee
2020 		Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by Premier of North Korea
2020–present 		Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Director of the Cadre Departmnent of the Workers' Party of Korea
2019–2020 		Succeeded by
TBD


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