Kim Yong-jin (politician)
{{Short description|North Korean politician}}
{{Other uses|Kim Yong-jin (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kim Yong-jin
| image = Kim Yong-jin (politician).jpg
| native_name = 김용진
| office = Vice Premier of North Korea
| convocation = 13th term
| 1blankname = Chairman
| 1namedata = Kim Jong-un
| 2blankname = Premier
| 2namedata = Pak Pong-ju
Choe Yong-rim
| term_start = 9 April 2014
| term_end = July 2016
| death_date = July 2016
Pyongyang, North Korea
| death_cause = Execution
| party = Workers' Party of Korea
}}
Kim Yong-jin ({{Korean|hangul=김용진}}; 23 February 1953 – July 2016) was a senior North Korean official. Kim served as North Korea's education minister, and in 2012 was made a vice-premier.
Execution
In August 2016, it was reported that he had been executed by firing squad for allegedly displaying a bad attitude at a national meeting{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-execution/north-korea-executes-vice-premier-for-education-south-idUSKCN11605I|title=North Korea executes vice premier in latest purge: South|date=31 August 2016|publisher=|via=Reuters}} and failing to stand upright.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/30/asia/north-korea-executes-education-official/index.html|title=North Korea executes top education official, South Korea says|author1=KJ Kwon |author2=Ben Westcott|publisher=CNN}} Kim was subsequently branded an "anti-party and a counter-revolutionary member" by North Korea’s State Security. The information was confirmed by South Korea's Unification Ministry spokesman, Jeong Joon Hee.
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Category:Vice premiers of North Korea