Pak Jong-nam () is a North Korean politician. He is a member of Central Committee of the

Workers' Party of Korea The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), also called the Korean Workers' Party (KWP), is the sole ruling party of North Korea. Founded in 1949 from a merger between the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea, the WPK is ...

and Director of the WPK Document Archives.

Biography

In March 1996, he took over as the WPK Committee of

Hamhung Hamhŭng (''Hamhŭng-si''; ) is North Korea's List of cities in North Korea, second-most populous city, the capital of South Hamgyong, South Hamgyŏng Province and the 16th largest city in the Korea, Korean Peninsula. Located in the southern part ...

, and in July 2001 was appointed secretary of Kangwon Province WPK Committee. In May 2013, he became the party chief secretary in Kangwon Province succeeding . He was a member of the funeral committee of Kim Kuk-thae in December 2013, Jon Pyong-ho in July 2014,

Ri Ul-sol Ri Ul-sol (; 14 September 1921 – 7 November 2015) was a Politics of North Korea, North Korean politician and military official. He played an important role in the administrations of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, achieving the rank of Wonsu, ma ...

in November 2015,

Kim Yang-gon Kim Yang-gon (, 24 April 1942 – 29 December 2015) was a North Korean politician and a senior official of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Early career Kim Yang-gon started his political career as a vice-director of the party's Internation ...

in December 2015,

Kang Sok-ju Kang Sok-ju (; ; August 29, 1939 – May 20, 2016
on Kim Yong-chun Kim Yong-chun (4 March 1936 – 16 August 2018) was a North Korean soldier and politician. He was a leader of the North Korean military. He held the North Korean military rank Chasu (Vice Marshal), was Vice Chairman of the National Defense Com ...

in August 2018,

Kim Chol-man Kim Chol-man (; 2 November 1920 – 3 December 2018) was a North Korean politician and military official. He was a member of several important committees and organizations, including the 6th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of K ...

in December 2018, and Hwang Sun-hui in January 2020. In 2014, he was elected as a deputy to the 13th

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 ...

, and was re-elected to the 14th SPA in 2019. In May 2016, at the

7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea The 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea, was held on 6–9 May 2016. Background The 7th Congress was the first Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea held since the 6th Congress of the Worke ...

he was appointed a member of the Central Committee. In June 2016 he was elected chairman of the Party Committee of Kangwon Province. He was elected as an alternate 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 ...

in April 2019 and was appointed to the SPLA Legislative Committee in the same month, In January 2021, at the 8th WPK Congress, Pak was appointed as the director of the WPK Document Archives.

References

Kangwon Province, North Korea Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Members of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea {{NorthKorea-politician-stub