Kim Chun-sop ( ko, 김춘섭) is a

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 ...

n politician who served as a member of the

National Defense Commission The National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (NDC) () was the highest state institution for military and national defence leadership in North Korea, which also served as the highest governing institution of the cou ...

and a member 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 ...

Biography

In September 2010 he was appointed second secretary of the WPK Provincial Party Committee of

Jagang Province Chagang Province (Chagangdo; ) is a province in North Korea; it is bordered by China's Jilin and Liaoning provinces to the north, Ryanggang and South Hamgyong to the east, South Pyongan to the south, and North Pyongan to the west. Chagang was f ...

, in 2013 he was appointed chief secretary. In April 2015, at the 3rd meeting of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly, he was elected a member of the National Defense Commission instead of

Pak To-chun General Pak To-chun ( ko, 박도춘; 9 March 1944 — 27 July 2022) was a politician of North Korea. According to his official biography, Pak was born in Jagang Province in 1944 and joined the Korean People's Army in 1960 (becoming a general i ...

and as director of the WPK Munition Industry department. Prior to that appointment, he was ranked 79th in the country's hierarchy. He is under sanctions of the European Union.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Chun-sop Workers' Party of Korea politicians 21st-century North Korean politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Members of the Supreme People's Assembly