Kang Song-san

Kang Song-san
Kang Song-san
강성산
5th Premier of North Korea
	In office; 11 December 1992 – 21 February 1997
Leader	Kim Il Sung; Kim Jong Il
Preceded by	Yon Hyong-muk
Succeeded by	Hong Song-nam
	In office; 27 January 1984 – 29 December 1986
Leader	Kim Il Sung
Preceded by	Ri Jong-ok
Succeeded by	Ri Kun-mo
Personal details
Born	3 March 1931; Kyongwon County, Kankyōhoku-dō (North Hamgyong Province), Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	25 June 2000 (aged 69)
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	강성산
Hancha	姜成山
Revised Romanization	Gang Seongsan
McCune–Reischauer	Kang Sŏngsan

Kang Song-san (3 March 1931 – 25 June 2000)^[1]^[2]^[3] was a North Korean politician who served as Premier of North Korea from 1984 to 1986 and again from 1992 to 1997. He succeeded Ri Jong-ok in his first term and Yon Hyong-muk in his second term.^[4]

Biography

He was born in North Hamgyong Province. He graduated from Mangyongdae Revolutionary School and from Kim Il Sung University and went to study in the Soviet Union in Moscow State University. He became an instructor in the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1955. Candidate member of the political politburo in 1973, Vice Premier in 1977, the Sixth Party Congress in 1980 he was elected a member of the Politburo. In 1984, he became the Prime Minister of North Korea.

1991 Chairman of the People's president and secretary hambuk faction, the People's Committee of the Party Central Committee, member of the Political Bureau of the Korean Workers' Party, the Supreme People's Assembly to the delegates in charge of such positions. He was awarded Order of Kim Il Sung in 1982. Kang died on 25 June 2000 at 69.

References

^ "gangseongsan" 강성산 [Gangseongsan Mountain]. 주요인물 (in Korean). Information Center on North Korea. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
^ "sinmiliaeguglyeolsaleung-e lyeolsadeul-ui yuhae saelo anchi" 신미리애국렬사릉에 렬사들의 유해 새로 안치 [The remains of the martyrs are newly placed at the Shinmiri Patriotic Martyrs' Tomb]. Uriminzokkiri (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
^ "sinmiliaeguglyeolsaleung-e lyeolsadeul-ui yuhae saelo anchi" 신미리애국렬사릉에 렬사들의 유해 새로 안치 [The remains of the martyrs are newly placed at the Shinmiri Patriotic Martyrs' Tomb]. Uriminzokkiri (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2023-07-27. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
^ Buzo, Adrian (1999). The guerilla dynasty: politics and leadership in North Korea. I.B.Tauris. pp. 135, 210. ISBN 978-1-86064-415-3.

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[Profile-1] "gangseongsan" 강성산 [Gangseongsan Mountain]. 주요인물 (in Korean). Information Center on North Korea. Retrieved 2013-11-14.

[2] "sinmiliaeguglyeolsaleung-e lyeolsadeul-ui yuhae saelo anchi" 신미리애국렬사릉에 렬사들의 유해 새로 안치 [The remains of the martyrs are newly placed at the Shinmiri Patriotic Martyrs' Tomb]. Uriminzokkiri (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-05-31.

[3] "sinmiliaeguglyeolsaleung-e lyeolsadeul-ui yuhae saelo anchi" 신미리애국렬사릉에 렬사들의 유해 새로 안치 [The remains of the martyrs are newly placed at the Shinmiri Patriotic Martyrs' Tomb]. Uriminzokkiri (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2023-07-27. Retrieved 2023-08-10.

[4] Buzo, Adrian (1999). The guerilla dynasty: politics and leadership in North Korea. I.B.Tauris. pp. 135, 210. ISBN 978-1-86064-415-3.

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