Kim Hyong-jun ( ko, 김형준, russian: Ким Хён Джун; born November 26, 1949) is a North Korean politician and diplomat. Vice Chairman of the

Workers' Party of Korea The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is the founding and sole ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea. Founded in 1949 from the merger of the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of ...

, member of the

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and member of the

State Affairs Commission of North Korea The State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (SAC) is defined by the Constitution of North Korea, 2016 constitution as "the supreme policy-oriented leadership body of State power." The current President of the State A ...

. Former Ambassador to the Russian Federation.

Biography

He was born in

North Hamgyong Province North Hamgyong Province (Hamgyŏngbukdo, ) is the northernmost province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Hamgyong Province. Geography The province is bordered by China (Jilin) on the north, ...

. He served as Ambassador to

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

since 2000. After that, he served as ambassador to Syria and resident in Damascus and Ambassador to

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the no ...

, Ambassador to

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Ri ...

, Ambassador to

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...

, and Ambassador to

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

. In January 2005, appointed foreign secretary. On October 29, 2013, he visited China by Koryo Air. On January 1, 2020, North Korean news agency reported that significant personnel affairs of key officials and party vice-chairmen took place at the end of 2019 at the General Assembly of the Korean Labor Party Central Committee. He was appointed Ambassador to Russia on August 28, 2014 and served in that position until 2019, he coordinated the first meeting between General Secretary

Kim Jong Un Kim Jong-un (; , ; born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician who has been Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is a son of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's se ...

and the

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in April 2019, was also nominated as a candidate for political affairs by being appointed the party's vice chairman and the party's international director. He is in charge of foreign affairs at the party and is expected to strengthen relations with Russia. In March 2020 he was seen voting in a meeting of the Politburo, a right reserved for full members only, and thus it was assumed he has become a full member. He was elected as a member of the State Affairs Commission at the 3rd meeting of the 14th convocation of the

Supreme People's Assembly The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; ) is the unicameral legislature of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. It consists of one deputy from each of the DPRK's 687 constituencies, elected to five-year ...

on April 12, 2020.

References

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