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Kim Nung O

Choe Ryong Hae inspects products of the Sinu’iju Cosmetics Factory. Also in attendance (background) is Kim Nung O, Chairman of the North P’yo’ngan WPK Provincial Committee and Alternate Member of the WPK Political Bureau (Photo: Rodong Sinmun).

updated February 28, 2018

Kim Nung O (Kim Nu’ng-o) is Chairman of the North P’yo’ngan Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Central Committee and an alternate (candidate) member of the WPK Political Bureau. Kim is also a Member of the WPK Central Committee and member of the Third Generation of DPRK leadership.

Kim Nung O speaks at a December 2018 gathering

Kim worked in succesive positions in the Central Party (i.e. WPK Central Committee Departments). In 2013 he was serving as a deputy director of the WPK Finance and Accounting Department. He was
appointed Chief Secretary of the North P’yo’ngan WPK Committee in December 2015 replacing Ri Man Gon. He was elected a Member of the WPK Central Committee during the 7th Party Congress in May 2016, and elected an alternate member (candidate member) of the WPK Political Bureau.

Kim Nung O was born in the late 1960s and attended Kim Il Sung University

 

Kim Nung O

Chairman, North P’yo’ngan WPK Provincial Committee

Alternate Member, WPK Political Bureau

Member, WPK Central Committee

2013: WPK Central Committee Deputy (vice) Department Director

2015: (December) Chief Secretary, North P’yo’ngan WPK Provincial Committee

Member, Kim Yang Gon Funeral Committee

2016: (May) Elected, Alternate Member, WPK Political Bureau

Member, 7th WPK Central Committee

Chairman, North P’yo’ngan WPK Provincial Committee

(May) Member, Kang Sok Ju Funeral Committee

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