Kim Phyong-hae (, born 8 October 1941) is a North Korean politician. He was a

Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) were offices that existed within the Workers' Party of Korea, WPK between 1949–66 and 2016–21. The office of "Chairman of the Central Committee" existed between 1949–66 and ...

(WPK) and the director of the Cadres' Affairs Department of the WPK. He is a full member of the 7th Central Committee of the WPK and a full member of the

Politburo of the WPK In North Korea, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), or simply the Politburo, formerly the Political Committee (1946–61), is the highest decision-making body in the ruling party between sessions ...

. Kim is also a deputy to the

13th Supreme People's Assembly Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 9 March 2014 to elect the members of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly. Background These were the first elections since Kim Jong Un became List of leaders of North Korea, leader of the countr ...

Career

Kim was born on 8 October 1941. In 1989, he was appointed Secretary of Organization of the WPK

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City Committee. In 1994 he was awarded the

Order of Kim Il Sung The Order of Kim Il Sung () is the highest order of North Korea, along with the Order of Kim Jong Il, and only second to one honorary title, the Hero of Labour. The order, named after the country's first leader Kim Il Sung, was instituted in ...

. In 1997 he was appointed Chief Secretary of the

North Pyongan Province North Pyongan Province (also spelled North P'yŏngan; ; ) is a western provinces of North Korea, province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Pyongan Province, P'yŏng'an Province, remained a pro ...

provincial committee and chair of the provincial people's committee, serving until 2003. In 1998 he was elected a deputy to the 10th

Supreme People's Assembly The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; ) is the legislature of North Korea. It is ostensibly the highest organ of state power and the only branch of government in North Korea, with all state organs subservient to it under the principle of unified ...

. He was re-elected in 2003 and 2009. He entered the Politburo as an alternate member in September 2010, following the 3rd Party Conference, and was promoted to full member at the 7th Congress in May 2016. He led the Cadre Department of the party, serving simultaneously as vice-chairman of the Central Committee (the position was called "secretary of the Central Committee" until 2016). He was replaced in December 2019 at a Central Committee plenum.

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Living people Members of the Supreme People's Assembly People from Chagang Province 1941 births Alternate members of the 6th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea Members of the 7th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea Members of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Members of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Vice Chairmen of the Workers' Party of Korea and its predecessors {{NorthKorea-politician-stub