Kim Man-gum
{{Short description|North Korean politician (1911–1984)}}
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| native_name = 김만금
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| birth_date = 1911
| death_date = 1984
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| office = Member of the 5th WPK Politburo
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| alma_mater = Meiji University
| occupation = Politician
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Kim Man-gum ({{langx|ko|김만금}}; 1911–1984) was a North Korean politician who served in various party and government positions including as a member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Biography
Born in Anju county, South Pyongan Province. He graduated from Meiji University in Japan and studied at the Soviet Executive School. He became an agriculture minister in 1959. By 1959, he held important positions such as delegate to the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th convocations of the Supreme People's Assembly, member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the Agriculture Committee, Vice Premier from 11 July 1970 to 28 December 1972,{{Cite web | title = Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Korea, North - NDE | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | date = 21 June 2018 | access-date = 28 August 2018 | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/KN.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233413/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/KN.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 4, 2013 }} director of the Agriculture Department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party, and member of the Central People's Committee. In November 1970, following the 5th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, he became a candidate (alternate) member of the 5th Politburo.{{sfn|Suh|1981|pp=325–6}}{{sfn|Suh|1981|p=329}}{{sfn|Suh|1981|p=332}} In September 1973, he was dismissed from his position as Vice Premier and Chairman of the Agricultural Committee, but returned and became Chairman of the Pyongyang City People's Committee in 1978. Following the 1982 parliamentary election he became a member of the 7th Supreme People's Assembly{{sfn|Suh|1981|p=418–25}}{{sfn|Suh|1981|p=454–5}} and a member of it's credential's committee.{{cite web| author = National Foreign Assessment Center | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | title = Directory of Officials of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | page = 23 | URL = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu14242850&view=1up&seq=31 | date = 1983| accessdate= 10 February 2021}} After his death, he was buried in the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery in Pyongyang.
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | author = Suh, Dae-sook | ref = CITEREFSuh1981 | title = Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System | publisher = University Press of Hawaii | year = 1981 | isbn = 0-8248-0740-5| edition = 1st | pages = }}
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Category:Members of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea
Category:Workers' Party of Korea politicians
Category:Vice premiers of North Korea
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