Kang Bong-hun
Kang Bong-hun | |
|---|---|
| WPK Provincial Party Committee Secretary of Chagang Province | |
| In office April 2019 – July 2024 | |
| Supreme Leader | Kim Jong Un |
| Preceded by | Kim Jae-ryong |
| Personal details | |
| Died | August 2024(?) |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Occupation | Politician |
Kang Bong-hun (Korean: 강봉훈) was a politician of North Korea. He was a member of the Party Central Committee and Chagang Province Provincial Party Committee Secretary from April 2019 until July 2024.
Biography
In May 2016, during the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea he was elected as a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[1] In April 2019, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea as well as Chagang Province Provincial Party Committee Secretary, replacing Kim Jae-ryong,[2] who was appointed to the Premier of North Korea.
However, he was dismissed late July by Kim Jong-un after he, amongst 20-30 other North Korean party officials, failed to prevent the July 27 Yalu River flood, which had trapped 7,000 residents. It is reported by a South Korean news outlet that Kim Jong-un then executed the officials in a short amount of time, Kang Bong-hun reportedly being one of them.[3]
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