Mun Jong-nam
Mun Jong-nam | |
|---|---|
| North Korea ambassador to Syria | |
| In office 30 May 2018 – 8 March 2022 | |
| Leader | Kim Jong-un |
| North Korea ambassador to Italy | |
| In office 28 August 2017 – 1 October 2017 | |
| Leader | Kim Jong-un |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | North Korean |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 문정남[1] |
| Revised Romanization | Mun Jeong-nam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Mun Chŏng-nam |
Mun Jong-nam (died 8 March 2022) was a North Korean diplomat and official, who served as North Korea’s Ambassador to Syria. He also served abroad in Thailand and Italy.
Life and career[edit]
Mun Jong-nam was a long-time foreign ministry official.[2] He served in the international organization bureau at the North Korean foreign ministry.[3] He has also served as an official in the World Food Programme National Coordination Committee at Pyongyang.[4]
Mun had served in North Korea's embassy in Thailand.[3]
In July 2017 Mun was nominated to be the new ambassador to Rome, after the post had been vacant for over a year according to South Korean sources.[2] His predecessor Kim Chun-guk had died of liver cancer.[3] However, Italy demanded on 1 October as a retaliation for North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile tests that he should leave the country. Mun had started working in Italy but had not finished the accreditation process.[2] Italy had earlier approved his nomination.[5] Mun had been in Rome for about a month, as he had assumed the post on 28 August.[6][5]
At the time of his death Mun was the North Korean ambassador to Syria.[7][8] He presented his credentials on 30 May 2018 in Damascus.[9] During the ceremony, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is said by KCNA to have proclaimed that he will visit North Korea and meet with leader Kim Jong-un.[7][8][9]
Mun died from a stroke on 8 March 2022.[10]
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References[edit]
- ^ 수리아주재 조선대사 문정남 임명 (in Korean). Pyongyang. Korean Central News Agency. 3 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Italy orders North Korea ambassador home over missiles". The Guardian. October 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ a b c "New N.K. envoy to take office in Italy after long vacancy". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "VERIFICATION OF THE ADOPTED DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS". World Food Programme. June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Italy becomes latest country to expel North Korean ambassador". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Fifield, Anna (1 October 2017). "Italy becomes fifth country to expel North Korean ambassador". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Syria's Assad to become first head of state to meet Kim Jong-un in North Korea: KCNA". The Times of India. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Syria's Bashar al-Assad to visit North Korea". Al Jazeera. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Syrian president to visit DPRK: KCNA". Xinhua. 3 June 2018. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "North Korean ambassador to Syria dies from stroke: Syrian state media | NK News". 9 March 2022.