Pak Jong-nam

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Pak Jong-nam
박정남
Director of the Document Archives Department of the Workers' Party of Korea
Assumed office
January 2021
Chairman of the WPK Kangwon Provincial Committee
In office
May 2016 – January 2021
Preceded byHimself (as Secretary)
Succeeded byKim Su-gil
Chief Secretary of the WPK Kangwon Provincial Committee
In office
May 2013 – May 2016
Preceded byPaek Kye-ryong
Succeeded byHimself (as Chairman)
Personal details
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea

Pak Jong-nam (Korean: 박정남) is a North Korean politician. He is a member of Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Director of the WPK Document Archives.

Biography[edit]

In March 1996, he took over as the WPK Committee of Hamhung, and in July 2001 was appointed secretary of Kangwon Province WPK Committee.[1] In May 2013, he became the party chief secretary in Kangwon Province succeeding Paek Kye-ryong [ko].[2]

He was a member of the funeral committee of Kim Kuk-thae in December 2013, Jon Pyong-ho in July 2014, Ri Ul-sol in November 2015, Kim Yang-gon in December 2015, Kang Sok-ju in May 2016, Kim Yong-chun in August 2018, Kim Chol-man in December 2018, and Hwang Sun-hui in January 2020.[2] In 2014, he was elected as a deputy to the 13th Supreme People's Assembly, and was re-elected to the 14th SPA in 2019.[2]

In May 2016, at the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea he was appointed a member of the Central Committee.[3] In June 2016 he was elected chairman of the Party Committee of Kangwon Province.[2] He was elected as an alternate member of the Politburo of the WPK in April 2019[4] and was appointed to the SPLA Legislative Committee in the same month,[2] In January 2021, at the 8th WPK Congress, Pak was appointed as the director of the WPK Document Archives.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “北, 당 중앙위원 128명, 후보위원 106명 발표”. 《노컷뉴스》. 2016년 5월 10일. 2018년 8월 31일에 확인함.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Pak Jong Nam". North Korea Leadership Watch. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. ^ “北 시·도 당 책임비서, 시·도 당 위원장으로 변경”. 《노컷뉴스》. 2016년 5월 16일. 2018년 8월 31일에 원본 문서에서 보존된 문서. 2018년 8월 31일에 확인함
  4. ^ "Report on 4th Plenary Meeting of 7th Central Committee of WPK". KCNA. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019.