Kim Tong-gyu

Kim Tong-gyu (Korean: 김동규; 1915 - unknown) was a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who served as the Deputy Chairman of the State.

Kim Tong-gyu
김동규
Member of the WPK Politburo
In office
1970–1977
PresidentKim Il-sung
Personal details
Born1915[1]
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea

Biography

Kim was born in former Manchuria in northeastern China. He took part in anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare, and studied in Soviet Union.[1]

In 1961, he became a party central committee member of the Workers' Party of Korea. In 1962, he became a delegate of the Supreme People's Assembly. In November 1970, he became a member of the Political Bureau at the 5th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea.[2] He became a member of the Central People's Committee (the predecessor of the Cabinet of North Korea) when it was established at the first meeting of the 5th term of the Supreme People's Assembly in December 1972.

He was elected vice president at the 4th meeting of the 5th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly in November 1974 and was mainly involved in diplomacy. In June 1976, at the party political committee, he said, "The successor's emergence is too quick. We must strengthen our education with a time that the people can be satisfied with." He criticized the creation of a successor system.[3]

He was purged in October 1977 and was not re-elected as Vice Chairman and Central People's Committee at the 6th session of the 1st session in December 1977. He is assumed to have been purged and exiled due to his opposition to the Kim Jong-il succession, and later detained in a concentration camp.[3]

References

  1. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a375371.pdf
  2. Sung Chul Yang. The North And South Korean Political Systems: A Comparative Analysis, p.341
  3. “The Hidden Gulag: Exposing North Korea’s Prison Camps (p. 41)”, David Hawk,
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