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Kim Song-il (North Korean politician)

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Kim Song-il
WPK Provincial Party Committee Chairman of South Hamgyong Province
In office
April 2016 – September 05, 2020
Supreme LeaderKim Jong-un
Preceded byThae Jong-su
Succeeded byKim Chol-sam
Personal details
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
OccupationPolitician

Kim Song-il (Template:Lang-ko) is a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He is a full member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the Provincial Party Committee of the South Hamgyong Province.

Biography

In May 2016, he was appointed[1] a member of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the Party Committee of South Hamgyong Province, replacing Thae Jong-su.

On September 05, 2020, he was dismissed by Kim Jong Un following the damage caused by Typhoon Maysak (2020). It was reported and he was replaced by a vice director from the Organizational Leadership Department who has not yet been named. Kim Jong-un relieved him of command due to not being prepared for the typhoon and for an inadequate response following the typhoon.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Official Report of Seventh Congress of the WPK". Naenara. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/09/6da393cb0953-n-korea-leader-inspects-typhoon-hit-areas.html