Kim Chajŏm

{{Short description|Joseon scholar-official (1588–1652)}}

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Kim Chajŏm
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| office = Chief state councillor

| term_start = 1646

| term_end = 22 June 1649

| predecessor = Kim Ryu

| successor = Yi Kyŏngsŏk

| office1 = Left state councillor

| term_start1 = 3 April 1646

| term_end1 = 12 May 1646

| predecessor1 = Hong Sŏbong

| successor1 = Kim Sanghyŏn

| term_start2 = 29 December 1643

| term_end2 = 10 April 1644

| predecessor2 = Sim Kiwon

| successor2 = Sim Yŏl

| office3 = Right state councillor

| term_start3 = 21 June 1643

| term_end3 = 14 January 1644

| predecessor3 = Sim Kiwon

| successor3 = Yi Kyŏngyŏ

| birth_date = 1588

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1652|1|27|1588|df=yes}}

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| father = Kim Tak

| mother = Lady, of the Gigye Yu clan

| spouse = Lady, of the Hwangju Byeon clan
Unnamed woman
Unnamed concubine

| children = Kim Ryeon (son)
Kim Sik (son)
Kim Jeong (son)

| country = Joseon

| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes

| hangul=김자점

| hanja=金自點

| rr=Gim Jajeom

| mr=Kim Chajŏm

| hangulja=성지

| hanjaja=成之

| rrja=Seongji

| mrja=Sŏngji

| hangulho=낙서

| hanjaho=洛西

| rrho=Nakseo

| mrho=Naksŏ

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Kim Chajŏm ({{korean|김자점}}; 1588 – 27 January 1652) was a Korean scholar-official of the Joseon dynasty period and Ming-Qing transition. He was one of the disciples of Seong Hon and came from the Andong Kim clan.

He was Joseon's chief state councillor from 1645 to 1650,{{Cn|date=March 2024}} and was an ancestor of Kim Ku, a famous Korean independence activist.{{Citation |last=Son |first=Sae-il |title=孫世一의 비교 傳記 (1) |date=December 16, 2003 |work=Monthly Chosun |trans-title=Son Sae-il's Comparative Critical Biography (1) |url=http://monthly.chosun.com/client/news/viw.asp?ctcd=&nNewsNumb=200108100071 |access-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501191340/http://monthly.chosun.com/client/news/viw.asp?ctcd=&nNewsNumb=200108100071 |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |url-status=live |language=ko}}

In 1646, threatened by the return of Im Gyeong-eop to the capital, Kim Chajŏm paid soldiers to assassinate Im Gyeong-eop.