Kim Ki-nam (politician)
Kim Ki-nam | |
|---|---|
김기남 | |
| Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea | |
| In office April 1989 – 9 October 2017 | |
| Deputy | Ri Jae-il Kim Yo-jong |
| Leader | Kim Il Sung Kim Jong Il Kim Jong Un |
| Preceded by | ? |
| Succeeded by | Pak Kwang-ho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 August 1929 Kumya County, Kankyōnan Province, Korea, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 7 May 2024 (aged 94) Ponghwa Clinic, Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Resting place | Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김기남 |
| Hanja | 金己男; 金基南 |
| RR | Gim Ginam |
| MR | Kim Kinam |
Kim Ki-nam (Korean: 김기남; 28 August 1929 – 7 May 2024) was a North Korean official. He served as Vice Chairman (previously Secretary) of the Workers' Party of Korea, and Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department from 1989 until 2017, responsible for coordinating the country's press, media, fine arts, and publishing to support government policy. He was also a vice-chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, in which capacity he led numerous visits to the South, and served several terms in the Supreme People's Assembly, to which he was first elected in November 1977.