Kim Yong Su
Kim Yong Su (2nd L) between Hwang Pyong So (L) and Choe Ryong Hae (3rd L) with Kim Jong Un in September 2017
updated February 28, 2018
Kim Yong Su is director of the Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Finance and Accounting Department and a Member of the WPK Central Committee.
Kim Yong Su (L) on an on-site visit in Changgang County, Chagang Province with Kim Jong Il in 2007
Kim’s first significant position was as Chairman of the Changgang County People’s Committee in Chagang (Jagang) Province. He was later assigned to manage Korean People’s Army [KPA] and Kim Il Sung Youth League construction personnel completing large projects in and around Pyongyang, such as the Munsu Water Park. Around 2013 he became a deputy director of the WPK Finance and Accounting Department and was promoted to senior deputy director during late 2015.
Kim Yong Su was elected a member of the WPK Central Committee and formally appointed WPK Finance and Accounting Department Director in May 2016 during the 7th Congress of the WPK (7th Party Congress). In October 2017, during the 2nd plenary meeting of the 7th WPK Central Committee, Kim was promoted to Director of the WPK Finance and Accounting Department.
Kim Yong Su
Director, WPK Finance and Accounting Department
Member, WPK Central Committee
2007: (ca.) Chairman, Changgang County People’s Committee
2013: (December) Awarded, Kim Il Sung Youth Honor Prize
2014: deputy director, WPK Finance and Accounting Department
2015: (November) Member, Ri Ul Sol Funeral Committee
(December) senior deputy director, WPK Finance and
Accounting Department(December) Member, Kim Yang Gon Funeral Committee
2016: (May) Elected, Member, 7th WPK Central Committee
Appointed, WPK Finance and Accounting Department Director
(May) Member, Kang Sok Ju Funeral Committee
2017: (October) Appointed, WPK Central Committee Department Director
“Comrade Kim Jong Il Gives on-the-spot guidance to various sectors in Changgang County,” Korean Central Broadcasting Station, January 26, 2008; “Persons of Merit Awarded Commendations,” Korean Central News Agency, December 3, 2013; “Kim Jong Un Has Photo Session with Builders,” Korean Central News Agency, February 12, 2014 “State Funeral Committee for Ri Ul Sol,” Rodong Sinmun (in Korean), November 9, 2015; “State Funeral
Committee for Kim Yang Gon,” Rodong Sinmun (in Korean), December 30, 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; “State Funeral
Committee for Kang Sok Ju,” Rodong Sinmun (in Korean), May 21, 2016
