Pak Jong-nam

Pak Jong-nam (Korean: 박정남) is a North Korean politician. He is a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea[1] and Chairman of the Kangwon Province Provincial Party Committee.

In this Korean name, the family name is Pak.
Pak Jong-nam
박정남
Chairman of the WPK Kangwon Provincial Committee
Assumed office
2017
Supreme LeaderKim Jong-un
Preceded byPaek Kye-ryong
Personal details
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea

Biography

In March 1996, he took over as the WPK Committee of Hamhung, and in July 2001 was appointed secretary of Kangwon Province WPK Committee.[2] In May 2013, he became the party secretary in Kangwon Province succeeding Paek Kye-ryong. 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.[4]

References
  1. "Report on 4th Plenary Meeting of 7th Central Committee of WPK". KCNA. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019.
  2. “北, 당 중앙위원 128명, 후보위원 106명 발표”. 《노컷뉴스》. 2016년 5월 10일. 2018년 8월 31일에 확인함.
  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. "Pak Jong Nam". North Korea Leadership Watch. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.


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