Kang Chol-gu is ( ko, 강철구) a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

). He is also a candidate member of the

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of the Workers' Party of Korea as well as Minister of Shipbuilding Industry in the

Cabinet of North Korea The Cabinet of North Korea (''Naegak'') is, according to the Constitution of North Korea, the administrative and executive body and a general state-management organ in the Government of North Korea. The Cabinet's principal newspaper is ''Minju C ...

Biography

In 2019, he was appointed to head the Ministry of Shipping and Industry in the

headed by

Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

Kim Jae-ryong Kim Jae-ryong (, born 1959) is a North Korean politician who served as Premier of North Korea from April 2019 to August 2020. A senior official within the Workers' Party of Korea, he has served as the director of the Organization and Guidance D ...

. In April 2019, it was elected as a candidate for the Central Committee of the Workers 'Party of Korea at the 4th Plenum of the 7th Party of the Workers' Party. In March 2019, he was elected to the 14th convocation 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 ...

representing district 521.“북 김정은, 최고인민회의 대의원 처음 빠져”. 《통일뉴스》. 2019년 3월 12일. 2019년 4월 16일에 확인함.
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References

{{reflist Government ministers of North Korea Members of the Supreme People's Assembly Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Alternate members of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea