Yim Chun-chu (; March 8, 1912 – April 27, 1988) was a

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n politician. He served as

Vice President of North Korea The Vice President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea () was a political position in North Korea established in 1972, and abolished after the death of Kim Il Sung during the reign of Kim Jong Il. In 1972 the Presidency was established, ...

, and member of the

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. He was a member of the

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Biography

He was born in Yanji,

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, in 1912, and joined the anti-Japanese guerrillas in the early 1930s. Since the early 1930s, he has been working with

Kim Il Sung Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as its first Supreme Leader (North Korean title), supreme leader from North Korea#Founding, its establishm ...

as a military surgeon in the guerrilla army, and is the "first generation of revolution" that passed through the 88th International Brigade of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army and the Soviet Far East. In 1945, he became Secretary of the Ping An South Road of the

Communist Party of Korea The Communist Party of Korea () was a communist party in Korea founded during a secret meeting in Seoul in 1925. The Governor-General of Korea had banned communist and socialist parties under the Peace Preservation Law (see: history of Korea), s ...

. In April 1947, invited by

Zhou Baozhong Zhou Baozhong (; 1902–1964) was a commander of the 88th Separate Rifle Brigade and Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army resisting the pacification of Manchukuo by the Empire of Japan. After the Chinese Civil War he was made Vice Governor of Yu ...

to serve as an officer in Antu County, Jilin Province. In March 1948, he served as a member of the Yanbian Administrative Inspector's Office and deputy secretary of the Yanbian District Committee. Following its official proclamation, he returned to North Korea in January 1949 and June 1950. He served as chairman of the Kangwon Province Party Committee, and in December 1950 lost his footing and was criticized together with

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, Jin Yi, and Cui Guang. He was appointed ambassador to Albania in May 1957, Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Congress and ambassador to Bulgaria in October 1962, Minister of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1963, Criticism of Lost Foot in 1967, Secretary of the (the predecessor of the

Cabinet of North Korea The Cabinet of Democratic People's Republic of Korea () is the supreme administrative organ of North Korea. The Cabinet's official newspaper is '' Minju Choson''. History In North Korea's first constitution, adopted in 1948, the executive po ...

) in December 1972 Chief, Member of the Party Central Committee and Party Political Bureau in October 1980 following the decision of the

6th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was held in the February 8 House of Culture in Pyongyang, North Korea, from 10 to 14 October 1980. Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, The congress is the highest organ of the party, an ...

. He was appointed vice president in April 1983, and died in April 1988. Yim died on April 27, 1988. He was awarded a

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with a funeral committee consisting of 57 persons including

Kim Jong Il Kim Jong Il (born Yuri Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second Supreme Leader (North Korean title), supreme leader of North Korea from Death and state funeral of Kim Il Sung, the de ...

, and

O Jin-u O Jin-u (; March 8, 1917 – February 25, 1995) was a North Korean general and politician. He was a close associate of Kim Il Sung. O served under Kim in the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, and then as commander of Kim's bodyguard. He was a ...

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1912 births 1988 deaths North Korean diplomats Members of the Supreme People's Assembly Vice presidents of North Korea People from Yanbian Members of the 6th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea Members of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea People of 88th Separate Rifle Brigade Korean resistance members {{NorthKorea-politician-stub