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Kim Sung-hwa

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Kim Sung-hwa
김승화
Member of the WPK Politburo
Personal details
OccupationPolitician

Kim Sung-hwa (Korean: 김승화) was a North Korean politician.

Biography

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From 13 December 1951 to June 1953, he served as the Minister of City Construction in the 1st Cabinet and from 20 January 1955 to August 1956 as the Minister of Construction.[1][2] In 1953 to 1956 he was a member of the 6th Joint Plenary Session (1953–56) of the 2nd Standing Committee.[3] He was part of the Soviet-faction[4] and criticized Kim's growing cult of personality and was purged in 1956.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Suh 1981, p. 448.
  2. ^ Suh 1981, pp. 459–83.
  3. ^ Suh 1981, p. 322.
  4. ^ Andrei Lankov (2004). Crisis in North Korea: The Failure of De-stalinization, 1956. University of Hawaii Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0824828097.
  5. ^ James F. Person (2006). ""We Need Help from Outside": The North Korean Opposition Movement of 1956" (PDF). Wilson Center. Retrieved 2023-09-01.

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