Kim Kwang-chol | |
Native Name: | 김광철 |
Native Name Lang: | ko |
Office: | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
Convocation: | 14th term |
Term Start: | 11 April 2019 |
Term End: | 18 January 2021 |
President: | Kim Jong-un |
Premier: | Kim Tok-hun Kim Jae-ryong |
Successor: | Ju Yong-il |
Convocation1: | 13th term |
Term Start1: | 2015 |
Term End1: | 11 April 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Sim Chol-ho |
1Blankname1: | Chairman |
1Namedata1: | Kim Jong-un |
2Blankname1: | Premier |
2Namedata1: | Pak Pong-ju |
Party: | Workers' Party of Korea |
Nationality: | Korean |
Citizenship: | North Korean |
Kim Kwang-chol (Korean: 김광철) is a politician from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He has served as Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in the Cabinet of North Korea since 2015 and is a candidate for the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was the deputy to the 13th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly.
Prior to being Minister of Posts and Telecommunications he worked as director of the Pyongyang People's Committee Telephone Bureau, Taecheon Power Plant Director, Pyongyang Telephone Office Director, and Chesinseong Gaecheon City Post Office. In 2015, he was appointed as the Minister of Posts and replaced Sim Chol-ho. In May 2016, the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was elected as a candidate for the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[1]