Kang Song-san

{{Short description|Premier of North Korea (1931–2007)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Kang Song-san

| native_name = 강성산

| image = Kang Song-san.jpg

| caption =

| nationality =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1931|3|3}}

| birth_place = Kyongwon County, Kankyōhoku-dō (North Hamgyong Province), Korea, Empire of Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2000|6|25|1931|3|3}}

| death_place = Jilin City, China

| office = 5th Premier of North Korea

| term_start2 = 27 January 1984

| term_end2 = 29 December 1986

| leader2 = Kim Il Sung

| predecessor2 = Ri Jong-ok

| successor2 = Ri Kun-mo

| term_start = 11 December 1992

| term_end = 21 February 1997

| leader = Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong Il

| predecessor = Yon Hyong-muk

| successor = Hong Song-nam

| module = {{Infobox Korean name

| child = yes

| context=north

|hangul=강성산

|hanja=姜成山

|rr=Gang Seongsan

|mr=Kang Sŏngsan

}}

}}

{{family name hatnote|Kang||lang=Korean}}

Kang Song-san (3 March 1931 – 25 June 2000){{cite web |script-title=ko:강성산 |title=gangseongsan |trans-title=Gangseongsan Mountain |script-work=ko:주요인물 |publisher=Information Center on North Korea |url=http://unibook.unikorea.go.kr/?sub_num=54&state=view&idx=146&sty=I&ste=%25A4%25A1 |access-date=2013-11-14 |language=ko}}{{Cite web |script-title=ko:신미리애국렬사릉에 렬사들의 유해 새로 안치 |title=sinmiliaeguglyeolsaleung-e lyeolsadeul-ui yuhae saelo anchi |language=ko |trans-title=The remains of the martyrs are newly placed at the Shinmiri Patriotic Martyrs' Tomb |url=http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=cgisas&stype=1&mtype=view&no=1216163 |website=Uriminzokkiri |access-date=2023-05-31 |archive-date=2023-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531111100/http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=cgisas&stype=1&mtype=view&no=1216163 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |script-title=ko:신미리애국렬사릉에 렬사들의 유해 새로 안치 |title=sinmiliaeguglyeolsaleung-e lyeolsadeul-ui yuhae saelo anchi |language=ko |trans-title=The remains of the martyrs are newly placed at the Shinmiri Patriotic Martyrs' Tomb |url=http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=cphoto&stype=0&mtype=view&no=9518 |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=Uriminzokkiri |archive-date=2023-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727184545/http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=cphoto&stype=0&mtype=view&no=9518 |url-status=dead }} was a North Korean politician who served as Premier of North Korea from 1984 to 1986 and again from 1992 to 1997. He succeeded Ri Jong-ok in his first term and Yon Hyong-muk in his second term.{{cite book |title=The guerilla dynasty: politics and leadership in North Korea |last=Buzo |first=Adrian |pages=135, 210 |year=1999 |publisher=I.B.Tauris |isbn=978-1-86064-415-3}}

Biography

He was born in North Hamgyong Province. He graduated from Mangyongdae Revolutionary School and from Kim Il Sung University and went to study in the Soviet Union in Moscow State University. He became an instructor in the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1955. Candidate member of the political politburo in 1973, Vice Premier in 1977, the Sixth Party Congress in 1980 he was elected a member of the Politburo. In 1984, he became the Prime Minister of North Korea.

1991 Chairman of the People's president and secretary hambuk faction, the People's Committee of the Party Central Committee, member of the Political Bureau of the Korean Workers' Party, the Supreme People's Assembly to the delegates in charge of such positions. He was awarded Order of Kim Il Sung in 1982. Kang died on 25 June 2000 at 69.

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