Kang Bong-hun explained

Occupation:Politician
Office:WPK Provincial Party Committee Secretary of Chagang Province
Term Start:April 2019
Predecessor:Kim Jae-ryong
Nationality:Korean
Citizenship:North Korean
Party:Workers' Party of Korea

Kang Bong-hun (Korean: 강봉훈) is a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He is a member of the Party Central Committee and Chagang Province Provincial Party Committee Secretary since April 2019.

Biography

In May 2016, during the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea he was elected as a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[1] In April 2019, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea as well as Chagang Province Provincial Party Committee Secretary, replacing Kim Jae-ryong.[2] who was appointed to the Premier of North Korea.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4591096 “北, 당 중앙위원 128명, 후보위원 106명 발표”. 《노컷뉴스》. 2016년 5월 10일. 2018년 9월 17일에 확인함.
  2. http://www.tongilnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=128394 “(수정) 北, 당 정치국 위원·후보위원 등 보선...명단 발표”. 《통일뉴스》. 2019년 4월 11일. 2019년 4월 11일에 확인함