Ho Dam

Ho Dam (March 6, 1929 – May 11, 1991)[1] was a North Korean politician, and Foreign Minister from 1970 to 1983.[2]

Ho Dam
허담
Ho in 1972
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1970–1983
Preceded by	Pak Song-chol
Succeeded by	Kim Yong-nam
Personal details
Born	6 March 1929
Died	11 May 1991 (aged 62)
Political party	Workers’ Party of Korea

Ho was a member of the ruling Politburo of North Korea's Communist Party, was also chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, which made nominal efforts to reunite the Communist North with the capitalist South.[2]

As Foreign Minister in 1977, he became the first senior North Korean official to visit the United States. He left the Foreign Minister's job in 1983 and became secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea. In 1980, he accompanied President Kim Il-Sung to Belgrade, Yugoslavia for the funeral of the Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980).

In 1990 he was named chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament.[2]

Ho Dam died on May 11, 1991, from a long illness, according to KCNA. The news agency did not specify the cause of death.[2]