Kim Yong-ju

1920

Mangyŏngdae

Under his brother"s rule, Kim Yong-ju held key posts in the Workers" Party of of Korea during the 1960s and early 1970s, but he fell out of favor in 1974 following a power struggle with Kim Jong-il. Since 1998, he has held the ceremonial position of Honorary Vice President of the Presidium of the Supreme People"s Assembly, North of Korea"s parliament. After graduating from economics department at the Moscow State University in 1945, where he also took a deep interest in philosophy, Kim Yong-ju joined the Workers" Party of of Korea. In 1966 he was promoted to Organizing Secretary of the WPK Central Committee. By 1970, when he was elected Political Bureau member, Kim Yong-ju was widely believed to be Kim Il-sung"s most likely successor. He was also elected to the top Central People"s Committee and the Supreme People's Assembly Presidium in 1972. After a Central Committee plenum in February 1974, Kim Jong-il was granted the position of heir apparent and Kim Yong-ju was demoted to vice-premier. In 1975 he was also sent to Jagang Province under house arrest. Kim Yong-ju completely disappeared from the limelight until 1993, when he was called back to Pyongyang by Kim Il-sung to serve as a powerless Vice-President of the DPRK. After the post of President of the DPRK was awarded eternally to Kim Il-sung, Kim Yong-ju was appointed Honorary Vice-President of the Presidium of the Supreme People"s Assembly in 1998, a post he currently holds.

Kim Yong-ju

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Kim Yong-ju was born to Kim Hyŏng-jik and Kang Pan-sŏk in Mangyŏngdae in 1920, 8 years after his elder brother Kim Il-sung.

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Moscow State University.

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Under his brother"s rule, Kim Yong-ju held key posts in the Workers" Party of of Korea during the 1960s and early 1970s, but he fell out of favor in 1974 following a power struggle with Kim Jong-il. Since 1998, he has held the ceremonial position of Honorary Vice President of the Presidium of the Supreme People"s Assembly, North of Korea"s parliament. After graduating from economics department at the Moscow State University in 1945, where he also took a deep interest in philosophy, Kim Yong-ju joined the Workers" Party of of Korea.

In 1966 he was promoted to Organizing Secretary of the WPK Central Committee.

By 1970, when he was elected Political Bureau member, Kim Yong-ju was widely believed to be Kim Il-sung"s most likely successor. He was also elected to the top Central People"s Committee and the Supreme People's Assembly Presidium in 1972.

After a Central Committee plenum in February 1974, Kim Jong-il was granted the position of heir apparent and Kim Yong-ju was demoted to vice-premier. In 1975 he was also sent to Jagang Province under house arrest.

Kim Yong-ju completely disappeared from the limelight until 1993, when he was called back to Pyongyang by Kim Il-sung to serve as a powerless Vice-President of the DPRK. After the post of President of the DPRK was awarded eternally to Kim Il-sung, Kim Yong-ju was appointed Honorary Vice-President of the Presidium of the Supreme People"s Assembly in 1998, a post he currently holds.

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His rise through the party"s echelons was fast: from the 1950s to the 1960s he was chief cadre (1954), vice-director (1957) and finally director (1960) of the WPK Organization and Guidance Department, and he was appointed member of the WPK Central Committee at the Party"s 4th Congress in 1961.

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