An Kyong-ho (18 January 1930 – January 2016) was a North Korean politician.
He was born in
Gangwon
Gangwon or Kangwŏn may refer to:
* Gangwon Province (historical), the Goryeo, Joseon Dynasty and the Japanese Korean province
* Gangwon Province (South Korea), a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. Before the division of Kore ...
, and is a graduate of
Kim Il-sung University in
Pyongyang
Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populatio ...
. He formerly served as the Chief Director of the
Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland . He first entered international news in 1988, when he attended South-North preparatory talks. He was a delegate to the 9th and 11th sessions of the
Supreme People's Assembly
The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; ) is the unicameral legislature of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. It consists of one deputy from each of the DPRK's 687 constituencies, elected to five-year ...
, held in 1990 and 2003.
See also
*
Politics of North Korea
The politics of North Korea (officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK) takes place within the framework of the official state philosophy, Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism. ''Juche'', which is a part of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, i ...
*
List of Koreans
References
*Yonhap News Agency. "Who's who in North Korea," pp. 787–812 in
External links
NKChosun profile
1930 births
2016 deaths
Kim Il-sung University
Members of the Supreme People's Assembly
People from Kangwon Province (North Korea)
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