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
DeputyRi Jae-il
Kim Yo-jong
LeaderKim Il Sung
Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Un
Preceded by?
Succeeded byPak Kwang-ho
Personal details
Born(1929-08-28)28 August 1929
Kumya County, Kankyōnan Province, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died7 May 2024(2024-05-07) (aged 94)
Ponghwa Clinic, Pyongyang, North Korea
Resting placePatriotic Martyrs' Cemetery
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Korean name
Hangul
김기남
Hanja
金己男; 金基南
RRGim Ginam
MRKim 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.