Kim Pyong-sik

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = File:Kimpyongsik.png

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| name = Kim Pyong-sik

| order = Vice President of North Korea

| term_start = December 11, 1993

| term_end = October 1997

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| predecessor = Kim Yong-ju

| successor = Post abolished

| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|2|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Zenranan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|7|21|1919|2|10|mf=y}}

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| party = Korean Social Democratic Party

| module = {{Infobox Korean name

|hangul = 김병식

|hanja = 金炳植

|rr = Gim Byeongsik

|mr = Kim Pyŏngsik

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Kim Pyong-sik ({{Korean|hangul=김병식|context=north}}; February 10, 1919 – July 21, 1999) was a North Korean politician who served as Vice President of North Korea and chairman of the Korean Social Democratic Party.

History

He was born in Zenranan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan. Kim worked for the Union of Korean Students in Japan and the North Korean Central News Agency. After the creation of the General Association of Koreans residing in Japan (Chongryon, pro-communist organization) in 1955, he held important positions within this organization. Later, he returned to North Korea and joined the Korean Social Democratic Party, a party that became pro-communist under Choi Yong-kun which closely related with the Workers' Party of Korea. Kim Pyong-sik was a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party and later became its president. After his resignation as president, he continued to work as an adviser to the Central Committee of the Social Democratic Party and had influence over the party. From 1994 until 1998, he was vice-president of North Korea.{{Cite web| url = http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/sinboj/j-2004/01/0401j0205-00002.htm| title = 総連第20回全体大会に向け知ろう総連の歩み（11）| publisher = Chosun Sinbo| date = February 5, 2004| accessdate = April 1, 2015| archive-date = April 2, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091228/http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/sinboj/j-2004/01/0401j0205-00002.htm| url-status = dead}}

Kim Pyong-sik was also vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.{{Cite web | url = http://www.sukuukai.jp/mailnews/item_1308.html| title = 金日成が韓国人拉致、金正日は外国人も拉致を指令－拉致の全貌| publisher = 北朝鮮に拉致された日本人を救出するための全国協議会| date = August 8, 2006| accessdate = April 1, 2015}}

Kim died on July 21, 1999. He was given a state funeral with 18 persons on the funeral committee including Hong Song-nam.{{Cite web |title=Kim Pyong Sik passes away |agency=KCNA |date=July 22, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012051107/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/1999/9907/news07/22.htm |url= http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/1999/9907/news07/22.htm |archive-date=October 12, 2014 }} He was posthumously awarded the National Reunification Prize on August 5, 1999.{{Cite web |title='National Reunification Prize' awarded |agency=KCNA |date=August 14, 1999 |url= http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/1999/9908/news08/14.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124012415/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/1999/9908/news08/14.htm |archive-date=November 24, 2019 }}

Works

{{cite book|last=Kim|first=Byong Sik|translator-last=Haga|translator-first=Takeshi|editor-last=Perlo|editor-first=Victor|title=Modern Korea: The Socialist North, Revolutionary Perspectives in the South, and Unification|year=1970|publisher=International Publishers|location=New York|url=https://archive.org/details/ModernKoreaKimByongSik|oclc=939856066}}

References

{{s-ttl|title=Leader of the Korean Social Democratic Party|years=1933–1993}}

Category:Korean Social Democratic Party politicians

Category:Members of the Supreme People's Assembly

Category:Vice presidents of North Korea

Category:1919 births

Category:1999 deaths

Category:People from Sinan County

Category:Recipients of the National Reunification Prize

Category:Members of Chongryon