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Kim Yong-nam (Korean: 김영남; born 4 February 1928) is a North Korean retired politician who served as the President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, from 1998 until 2019.
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam is a career diplomat whose unquestioning loyalty has ensured his survival for decades in the regime's top ranks. Read more at...
Feb 4, 2018 · Kim Yong-nam will be the most senior official to ever visit South Korea when he attends the Winter Olympics this week.
Feb 5, 2018 · Kim Yong-nam will be the most senior official to ever visit South Korea when he attends the Winter Olympics this week.
Apr 12, 2019 · April 11 marked the likely end of the long career of the 91-year-old Kim Yong Nam, longtime Chairman of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People’s Assembly, with the news that he has been replaced in that role by Choe Ryong Hae.
President, Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly. Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Sep 1998 - Present 25 years 10 months. As chairman of the Presidium, I am considered...
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Addressing the SPA session, Kim Yong-nam, chairman of the SPA Presidium, said Kim's accession to North Korea's top post reflected "the ardent desire and unanimous will of all the party members, servicepersons and other people". His status as leader was reaffirmed when he was elected unopposed on March 9, 2014.
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