Kang Kwan-ju (born 5 July 1930), or Kang Chu Il, is a North Korean politician. He is head of department 225 of the

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, and an alternative member of the

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. He is the vice-chair of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland.

Career

He was born on 5 July 1930 in Taedong County,

South Pyongan South Pyongan Province (Phyŏngannamdo; ) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Pyongan Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its ca ...

province, in

Korea under Japanese rule Between 1910 and 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan. Joseon Korea had come into the Japanese sphere of influence with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876; a complex coalition of the Meiji government, military, and business offic ...

. He graduated from Kim Il-sung University in 1960 and subsequently from the Kim Il-sung Higher Party School. He served as a researcher for the Physical Education Science Research Center starting in 1961, and as the vice-manager of the Mankyongdae Art Company public relations division and section chief of the WPK Cultural Department. In May 1975, he was appointed office manager of the Society For Cultural Relations With Foreign Countries, and in 1986 he became deputy chief of the WPK Organizational Bureau. After being appointed to the WPK central committee and to the position deputy chief for relations with Chochongryon in the WPK United Front Department in March 1988, in March 1989 Kang became first deputy chief of the WPK United Front Department, and in August 1990 he became a deputy member of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland. He was appointed advisor to the

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in September 1991, and as head of the WPK United Front Department in January 1993. In February 1997, he was made head of the WPK external relations department (previously the Social and Cultural Department), and he is currently serving as head of Department 225. In September 2010, he was appointed an alternate member of the

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. Kang was a member of the national mourning committees for the deaths of Kim Il-sung in 1994,

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in 1995, Park Song-chol in 2008, Kim Jung-rin in 2010, and

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in 2011.

Delegate to Supreme People's Assembly

In April 1990, he was elected to the 9th session of the

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, and subsequently also served in the 10th (1998) and 11th (2003) assemblies.

Awards

In April 1992, Kang received the Order of Kim Il-sung.

References

External links

Korea Institute for National Unification biographical information for key North Korean figures, 2010
(Korean) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kang, Kwan-ju 1930 births Living people People from South Pyongan North Korean politicians