Hong Ki-hwang

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Hong Ki-hwang
홍기황
Standing Committee Vice Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly
In office
22 December 1953 – 20 September 1957
Personal details
Born1883
Korea, Empire of Japan
Died1960
Pyongyang, North Korea
CitizenshipNorth Korea
NationalityKorean
Political partyKorean Social Democratic Party
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
홍기황
Revised RomanizationHong Gihwang
McCune–ReischauerHong Kihwang

Hong Ki-hwang (Korean홍기황; 1883–1960) was a North Korean independence activist and politician who served as a member of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.

Biography[edit]

He served as vice chairman of the Korean Social Democratic Party since late 1945. He was vice-chairman of the South Pyongan Provincial People's Committee.[1] In March 1946 he participated in a meeting commemorating the 27th Anniversary of the March 1st Movement held at the plaza in front of Pyongyang Station and made a speech there.[1] In February 1946 he joined the Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.[2][3][4] In February 1947 he participated in the People's Assembly of North Korea.[1] From 29 February 1952 to 16 January 1953 he was the acting director of the National Censorship Committee. In February 1956, Choe Yong-gon was appointed as a vice chairman of the WPK, leaving Hong Ki-hwang, deputy chairman of the KDP since late 1945, to replace him as chairman of the KDP[2] until November 1958 when he was replaced by Kang Ryang-uk.[5] In the 1957 North Korean parliamentary election he was elected a member of the 2nd Supreme People's Assembly.[6][7] He was purged together with his brother in 1960.[1]

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Citations[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "「로동신문」을 통해 본 1945-1950년의 북녘 교회" (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  2. ^ a b Lankov, Andrei N. (2001). "The Demise of Non-Communist Parties in North Korea (1945–1960)". Journal of Cold War Studies. 3 (1): 103–125. doi:10.1162/15203970151032164. ISSN 1531-3298. S2CID 57570755.
  3. ^ "Organization and Role of the Provisional People's Committee of North Korea". National Institute of Korean History. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. ^ "민주개혁과 북한교회의 좌우분열해방공간의 겪은 북한교회의 분열과 아픔" (in Korean). Naver. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  5. ^ 강량욱(康良旭). 북한지역정보넷 (in Korean). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ^ Suh 1981, p. 402–5.
  7. ^ Tertitskiy, Fyodor (19 September 2017). "1959: Secret elections in North Korea". Daily NK. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

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