Kim Chun-sop

Kim Chun-sop
Member of the DPRK National Defense Commission
Supreme LeaderKim Jong Il
Personal details
BornNorth Pyongan Province, North Korea
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Korean name
Hangul
김춘섭
Hanja
金春燮
Revised RomanizationGim Chunseop
McCune–ReischauerKim Ch'unsŏp

Kim Chun-sop (Korean: 김춘섭) is a North Korean politician who served as a member of the National Defense Commission and a member of the Supreme People's Assembly.

Biography

In September 2010 he was appointed second secretary of the WPK Provincial Party Committee of Jagang Province, in 2013 he was appointed chief secretary.[1] In April 2015, at the 3rd meeting of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly, he was elected a member of the National Defense Commission[2] instead of Pak To-chun and as director of the WPK Munition Industry department.[3][4] Prior to that appointment, he was ranked 79th in the country's hierarchy.[5] He is under sanctions of the European Union.[6]

References

  1. ^ 북한 자강도 당 책임비서에 김춘섭 임명 (in Korean). YTN. 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  2. ^ 군수공장 밀집지역 북한 자강도는 '출세의 사다리' (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  3. ^ "手首を負傷した金正恩…最高人民会議は欠席" (in Japanese). Japanese.joins. 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  4. ^ "金正恩氏、軍需工場を現地指導…「金日成主席と金正日総書記のねんごろな遺訓を貫徹した！」" (in Japanese). Daily NK. 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  5. ^ "Kim Jong Un's Machiavellian musical chairs". Nikkei Asia. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
  6. ^ "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/993". Nikkei Asia. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2023-01-22.