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Kim Tok-hun
김덕훈
13th Premier of North Korea
Assumed office
13 August 2020
Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un
Preceded by Kim Jae-ryong
Vice President of the State Affairs Commission
Assumed office
29 September 2019
President Kim Jong Un
Head of the Cadre Affairs Department of the Workers' Party of Korea
In office
31 December 2019 – 13 August 2020
Leader Kim Jong Un
Preceded by Kim Phyong-hae
Vice Premier of North Korea
In office
30 April 2014 – 13 August 2020
Premier Kim Jae-ryong
Pak Pong-ju
Personal details
Born 1961 (age 62–63)
North Korea
Political party Workers' Party of Korea
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl 김덕훈
Hancha 金德訓
McCune–Reischauer Kim Tŏkhun
Revised Romanization Gim Deokhun

Kim Tok-hun (Hangul: 김덕훈, born 1961) is a North Korean politician who is currently the premier of North Korea and a full member on the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. He is additionally a vice president of the State Affairs Commission.

Kim served as a vice premier between 2014 and 2020. He joined the WPK Central Committee in 2016, and was later promoted to the WPK Politburo in 2019. He also served as the head of the WPK's Cadre Affairs Department from December 2019 to August 2020. He was appointed the premier in August 2020.

Early life

Kim was born in 1961. Kim began his career as a floor manager and supervisor in North Korea's heavy industry sector. His first significant position was an assistant manager at the Taean Heavy Machinery Complex. He was appointed manager of Taean Heavy Machinery Complex in 2003 when the DPRK instituted its "complex enterprise system" in 2001.  Kim was elected a deputy to the 11th SPA in 2003.

Political career

Kim was previously a delegate for North-South cooperation.

Kim Tok Hun has been a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea since the 7th Congress in May 2016. He later joined the party Politburo on 11 April 2019 as an alternate member, and was promoted to full member on 31 December, and concurrently as a party vice-chairman, with a portfolio that included heading the Cadre Affairs Department. He possibly earned Kim Jong Un's approval by uncovering a corruption scandal involving cadre training facilities in February 2020. In April 2020 he was also elected chairman of the Budget Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.

Premier (2020–)

On 13 August 2020, in the wake of COVID-19 spillover in North Korea and floods hitting the southern part of the country, he was appointed premier of the cabinet by Kim Jong Un, and elevated to the top-level Politburo Presidium. Since 2022, he has been the second-highest-ranking official in North Korea after Kim Jong Un.

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