Kim Yong-bom

North Korean politician (1902–1947)
김용범
Chairman of the Central Inspection Commission of the Workers' Party of North KoreaIn office
31 August 1946 – 7 September 1947Preceded byOffice establishedSucceeded byChang Sun-myongGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of KoreaIn office
13 October 1945 – 18 December 1946Preceded byOffice establishedSucceeded byKim Tu-bong Personal detailsBorn(1902-08-18)18 August 1902
Chongnam, South Pyongyang, Japan-occupied KoreaDied7 September 1947(1947-09-07) (aged 45)
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaNationalityNorth KoreanPolitical partyWorkers' Party of North KoreaOther political
affiliationsCommunist Party of Korea (1925–1946)SpousePak Chong-aeMilitary serviceAllegianceNorth Korea North Korea

Kim Yong-bom (18 August 1902 – 7 September 1947) was made Secretary of the North Korean Branch Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea in 1945 after the assassination of Hyon Chun-hyok. This makes Kim the first leader of the current-day Workers' Party of Korea.[1]

References

  1. ^ Lankov, Andrei (2002). From Stalin to Kim Il Song: The Formation of North Korea, 1945–1960. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 21. ISBN 978-1850655633.

External links

  • "Kim Tu-bong and Historical Linguistics" by Andrei Lankov
  • "북한 정권의 수립과정" [The process of establishing the North Korean regime]. Chinju National University of Education. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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