Hong Song-nam
Hong Song-nam | |
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홍성남 | |
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| 8th Premier of North Korea | |
| In office 5 September 1998 – 3 September 2003 Acting: 21 February 1997 - 5 September 1998 | |
| Leader | Kim Jong-il |
| Preceded by | Kang Song-san |
| Succeeded by | Pak Pong-ju |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 October 1929 |
| Died | 31 March 2009 (age 79) |
| Hong Song-nam | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 홍성남 |
|---|---|
| Hancha | 洪成南 |
| Revised Romanization | Hong Seong-nam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hong Sŏng-nam |
Hong Song-nam (2 October 1929 – 31 March 2009) was the Premier of North Korea from 1997 to 2003. He succeeded Kang Song-san. Born in Kangwon Province, he graduated from the Kim Il-sung University and studied electrical engineering at the Prague Technical Institute.
From 1954 he worked in the North Korean Ministry of Heavy Industry. In 1971-1973 he was Minister of Heavy Industry. From 1973-1975 he was Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Council of the DPRK. In 1973-1977 he was Chairman of the State Planning Commission. From 1982 to 1986 he was First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea of South Pyongan Province. In 1987-1990 he served as Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Council, the chairman of the State Planning Commission of the DPRK. From 1990-1997 he was deputy chairman of the Administrative Council (deputy premier).
Hong died on 31 March 2009. A funeral committee chaired by Kim Yong-nam was appointed with Jo Myong-rok and 34 others as its members.[1]
Works
- Hong Song-nam (March 1988). "To Expand and Strengthen the Production-Technology Foundations of Key Industries Is an Important Economic Construction Task in the Coming Year" (PDF). Kulloja. OCLC 9516938.
- — (September 1988). "Our Republic Is a Self-Reliant, Self-Supporting, and Self-Defending Socialist Power Which Brilliantly Embodies the Chuche Idea in All Fields of State Activity" (PDF). Kulloja. OCLC 9516938.
See also
References
- ^ "Hong Song Nam Dies". KCNA. 1 April 2009. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014.
- (in Chinese) http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx?ItemId=109054.
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