Kim Yong-bom
Kim Yong-bom | |
|---|---|
김용범(金鎔範) | |
Kim in a North Korean stamp | |
| Chairman of the Central Inspection Commission of the Workers' Party of North Korea | |
| In office 31 August 1946 – 7 September 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Chang Sun-myong |
| General Secretary of the Communist Party of Korea | |
| In office 13 October 1945 – 18 December 1946 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Kim Tu-bong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 August 1902 Chongnam, South Pyongan Province, Korean Empire |
| Died | 7 September 1947 (aged 45) North Korea |
| Nationality | North Korean |
| Political party | Workers' Party of North Korea |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Korea (1925–1946) |
| Spouse | Pak Chong-ae |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | North Korea |
Kim Yong-bom (18 August 1902 – 7 September 1947) was a North Korean revolutionary and politician who led the Communist Party between 1945 and 1947.
In the early 1930s, Kim studied at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East in Moscow, where he met the communist and feminist organizer Pak Chong-ae. Kim and Pak would return to Korea in 1932 "in disguise as a couple" and later went on to marry.[1] He was made Secretary of the North Korean Branch Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea in 1945 after the assassination of Hyŏn Chunhyŏk. This makes Kim the first leader of the current-day Workers' Party of Korea.[2]
References
- ^ Kim, Suzy (2023). Among Women across Worlds: North Korea in the Global Cold War. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. p. 7-9. ISBN 9781501778858.
- ^ Lankov, Andrei (2002). From Stalin to Kim Il Song: The Formation of North Korea, 1945–1960. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 21. ISBN 978-1850655633.
External links
- "Kim Tu-bong and Historical Linguistics" by Andrei Lankov
- 북한 정권의 수립과정 [The process of establishing the North Korean regime]. Chinju National University of Education. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2021.