In this Korean name, the family name is Pak.

Pak Jong-nam (Korean: 박정남) is a North Korean politician. He is a member of Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Director of the WPK Document Archives.

Biography

In March 1996, he took over as the WPK Committee of Hamhung, and in July 2001 was appointed secretary of Kangwon Province WPK Committee.[1] In May 2013, he became the party chief secretary in Kangwon Province succeeding Paek Kye-ryong [ko].[2]

He was a member of the funeral committee of Kim Kuk-thae in December 2013, Jon Pyong-ho in July 2014, Ri Ul-sol in November 2015, Kim Yang-gon in December 2015, Kang Sok-ju in May 2016, Kim Yong-chun in August 2018, Kim Chol-man in December 2018, and Hwang Sun-hui in January 2020.[2] In 2014, he was elected as a deputy to the 13th Supreme People's Assembly, and was re-elected to the 14th SPA in 2019.[2]

In May 2016, at the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea he was appointed a member of the Central Committee.[3] In June 2016 he was elected chairman of the Party Committee of Kangwon Province.[2] He was elected as an alternate member of the Politburo of the WPK in April 2019[4] and was appointed to the SPLA Legislative Committee in the same month,[2] In January 2021, at the 8th WPK Congress, Pak was appointed as the director of the WPK Document Archives.[2]

References

  1. ^ “北, 당 중앙위원 128명, 후보위원 106명 발표”. 《노컷뉴스》. 2016년 5월 10일. 2018년 8월 31일에 확인함.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Pak Jong Nam". North Korea Leadership Watch. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. ^ “北 시·도 당 책임비서, 시·도 당 위원장으로 변경”. 《노컷뉴스》. 2016년 5월 16일. 2018년 8월 31일에 원본 문서에서 보존된 문서. 2018년 8월 31일에 확인함
  4. ^ "Report on 4th Plenary Meeting of 7th Central Committee of WPK". KCNA. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019.