Kim Tok-hun

Kim Tok-hun (김덕훈, born 1961[1]) is a North Korean politician who is the Premier of North Korea, serving in that office since August 2020.[2] He is also a full member on the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea and served as the chief of the parliamentary budget committee.[3] He was formerly the delegate for DPRK-South Korea cooperation before being appointed as a Vice Premier by the Supreme People's Assembly.[4][5]

Kim Tok-hun
Premier of North Korea
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 August 2020
President	Choe Ryong-hae
Supreme Leader	Kim Jong-un
Preceded by	Kim Jae-ryong
Head of the Cadre Affairs Department of the Workers' Party of Korea
In office 31 December 2019 – 13 August 2020
Leader	Kim Jong-un
Preceded by	Kim Phyong-hae
Vice Premier of North Korea
In office 30 April 2014 – 13 August 2020
President	Kim Yong-nam Choe Ryong-hae
Premier	Pak Pong-ju Kim Jae-ryong
Personal details
Born	1961 (age 59–60)
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea

Kim Tok-hun
Chosŏn'gŭl	김덕훈
Hancha	金德訓
Revised Romanization	Gim Deok-hun
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Tŏkhun

Kim Tok-hun has been a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea since the 7th Congress in May 2016. He later joined the party Politburo on 11 April 2019 as an alternate member, then he was promoted to full member on 31 December, and concurrently as a party vice-chairman, with a portfolio that included heading the Cadre Affairs Department. He possibly earned Kim Jong-un's approval uncovering a corruption scandal involving cadre training facilities in February of the next year.[6] In April 2020 he was also made chairman of the Budget Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.

On 13 August, in the wake of COVID-19 spillover in North Korea and floods hitting the southern part of the country, he was appointed premier of the cabinet by Kim Jong-un, and elevated to the top-level Politburo Presidium.

References

1. "김덕훈(남성)". nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 14 August 2020.
2. N.K. leader warns against accepting outside assistance over flood damage due to virus risk
3. Kim, Jeongmin (1 January 2020). "North Korea's New Year's Eve party plenum reveals major leadership reshuffle". NK News. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
4. Grisafi, John G. "Former Delegate for North-South Cooperation Becomes Vice Premier." NK News North Korea News. North Korea News, 20 June 2014. Web. 20 Oct. 2015. Copy & paste citation
5. Fifth Cabinet Vice Premier Appointed, May 1, 2014 Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
6. "The August Political Bureau Meeting". North Korea Leadership Watch. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.