Kang Jong-gwan

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Kang Jong-gwan
강종관
Minister of Land and Maritime Transport
14th term
Assumed office
11 April 2019
PresidentKim Jong-un
PremierKim Tok-hun
Kim Jae-ryong
13th term
In office
9 April 2014 – 11 April 2019
ChairmanKim Jong-un
PremierPak Pong-ju
12th term
In office
14 April 2012 – 9 April 2014
ChairmanKim Jong-un
PremierPak Pong-ju
Choe Yong-rim
Preceded byRa Ton-hui
Personal details
Born1959
North Korea
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Kang Jong-gwan
Chosŏn'gŭl
강종관
Revised RomanizationGang Jonggwan
McCune–ReischauerKang Chongkwan

Kang Jong-gwan (Korean: 강종관, born 1959) is a North Korean politician. He is also a candidate for the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party Korea. He is member of the 14th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly and also serves as Minister of Land and Maritime Transportation in the Cabinet of North Korea.

Biography[edit]

In 2003, he became the administrator of Sinuiju Port and member of the People's Assembly of North Pyongan Province.[1] In 2007, he served as the head of department at the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, and in December 2007 served as the chairman of the development section of Haeju Port in the West Coast Special Zone. In May 2012, he was appointed to the Land and Maritime Transport Minister, replacing Ra Tong-hui.[1]。2012年5月晉升升為該部門的部長[2] In May 2016, at the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was elected as a candidate member of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 강종관. nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr.
  2. ^ 북한 상업상 '김봉철→리성호' 교체 확인. Daliy NK. 14 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Official Report of Seventh Congress of the WPK". Naenara. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.