North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

Kim Chon Gyun

Kim Chon Gyun (Photo: Choson Sinbo)

Kim Chon Gyun (Photo: Choson Sinbo)

Kim Chon Gyun is President of the DPRK Central Bank.  He is also an alternate (candidate) member of the Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Central Committee and deputy to the Supreme People’s Assembly.

Kim has held a series of positions in the DPRK Central Bank.  From 2003 to 2013 he held the position of Central Bank Director.  During his tenure he was involved in expanding agreements with foreign banks and the expansion of financial services to DPRK companies.  He was elected a deputy to the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly in March 2014.  During the SPA’s first session that April he was appointed President of the DPRK Central Bank.  In June 2015, Kim led a DPRK banking delegation on a visit to Russia to attend an international banking meeting.

Kim Chon Gyun was part of policy initiatives aimed at expanded loans and credit cards to DPRK citizens and was part of efforts to convene a rare meeting of DPRK financial institution employees in December 2015.  He was elected an alternate (candidate) member of the WPK Central Committee during the 7th Party Congress in May 2016.

 

“DPRK Vice Premier Meets Chinese Delegations,” Korean Central News Agency, May 15, 2006; “Ora Bank Opens,” Korean Central News Agency, December 16, 2008; “Report of the Central Election Committee on the Election Results of deputies to the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly,” Korean Central News Agency (in Korean), March 11, 2014; “N. Korean Financial Reforms Include Credit Cards,” Sputnik News, February 7, 2015; “Delegation of DPRK Central Bank Leaves for Russia,” Korean Central News Agency, June 1, 2015 “N. Korea Holds First Financial Industry Conference in 25 Years,” Hankyoreh, December 15, 2015;  “Fourth and Final Day of the 7th Party Congress,” NK Leadership Watch, May 10, 2016; “WPK Central Committee and WPK Central Auditing Commission Meet,” NK Leadership Watch, May 10, 2016

An affiliate of 38 North