Kim Nung-o
North Korean politician (born late 1960s)
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Kim Nung-o (김능오, born in the late 1960s) is a North Korean politician. He is the chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Party Committee of Pyongyang. Kim is also a full member of the Central Committee of the WPK and an alternate member of its Politburo.
Kim Nung-o | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of WPK North Pyongyang Provincial Committee | |
| In office 2016–2018 | |
| Supreme Leader | Kim Jong Un |
| Preceded by | Ri Man-gon |
| Succeeded by | Mun Kyong-dok |
| Chairman of WPK Pyongyang Provincial Committee | |
| In office 2018–2020 | |
| Supreme Leader | Kim Jong Un |
| Preceded by | Kim Su-gil |
| Succeeded by | Kim Yong-hwan |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Alma mater | Kim Il Sung University |
Career
Kim Nung-o was born in the late 1960s. He was educated at Kim Il Sung University.[2]
Kim has worked at various departments of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), being a vice director of the Finance and Accounting Department in 2013. He was first mentioned by North Korean media on 1 November 2014 when he was accompanying Kim Jong Un on a guidance tour of Pyongyang International Airport.[3] Kim Nung-o became the chief secretary of the Party Committee of North Pyongan Province in December 2015, replacing Ri Man-gon. He subsequently become the chairman of the Party Committee.[2] He now serves as the chairman of the Party Committee of the capital Pyongyang.[4]
Kim became a full member of the Central Committee and an alternate member of the Politburo of the WPK at the 7th Congress of the WPK in May 2016.[2] In January 2019, Kim gave a speech at a mass rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang,[4] praising Kim Jong Un's New Year Address and urging inhabitants of the city to increase efforts to attain a self-reliant socialist economy.[5]
