Hong Ki-hwang | |||||||||||
Office: | Standing Committee Vice Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly | ||||||||||
Term Start: | 22 December 1953 | ||||||||||
Term End: | 20 September 1957 | ||||||||||
Birth Date: | 1883 | ||||||||||
Birth Place: | Korea, Empire of Japan | ||||||||||
Death Date: | 1960 | ||||||||||
Death Place: | Pyongyang, North Korea | ||||||||||
Citizenship: | North Korea | ||||||||||
Nationality: | Korean | ||||||||||
Party: | Korean Social Democratic Party | ||||||||||
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Native Name Lang: | ko |
Hong Ki-hwang (; 1883–1960) was a North Korean independence activist and politician who served as a member of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.
He served as vice chairman of the Korean Social Democratic Party since late 1945. He was vice-chairman of the South Pyongan Provincial People's Committee.[1] In March 1946 he participated in a meeting commemorating the 27th Anniversary of the March 1st Movement held at the plaza in front of Pyongyang Station and made a speech there.[1] In February 1946 he joined the Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.[2] [3] In February 1947 he participated in the People's Assembly of North Korea.[1] From 29 February 1952 to 16 January 1953 he was the acting director of the National Censorship Committee. In February 1956, Choe Yong-gon was appointed as a vice chairman of the WPK, leaving Hong Ki-hwang, deputy chairman of the KDP since late 1945, to replace him as chairman of the KDP[4] until November 1958 when he was replaced by Kang Ryang-uk.[5] In the 1957 North Korean parliamentary election he was elected a member of the 2nd Supreme People's Assembly.[6] He was purged together with his brother in 1960.
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