Ki Kwang-ho ( ko, 기광호; born 1957) is 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 a candidate member of the

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of the

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of the Workers' Party of Korea as well as

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in the

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. He is the chairman of the Chosun Ice Figure Association.

Biography

After serving as Director of the Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Cabinet, he served as the Vice Minister of Finance from May 2011 to February 2015. In February 2015, Ki Kwang-ho was appointed

.“北 노동당 정무국 신설, 위원장 김정은 추대”. 《통일뉴스》. 2016년 5월 11일. 2018년 9월 13일에 확인함.
/ref> In May 2016, the 7th Congress of the Workers 'Party of Korea was elected as a candidate for the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. In 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 ...

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Finance ministers of North Korea Government ministers of North Korea Workers' Party of Korea politicians Members of the Supreme People's Assembly 1957 births Living people {{NorthKorea-politician-stub