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Premier of North Korea (1931–2007)

Kang Song-san

Kang Song-san

Key facts

date of birthMarch 3, 1931
date of deathJune 25, 2000
educated atKim Il-sung University
occupationpolitician
place of birthKyongwon County
place of deathNorth Korea
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Leader
Kim Il SungKim Jong Il
Preceded by
Yon Hyong-muk
Succeeded by
Hong Song-nam
Leader
Kim Il Sung
Preceded by
Ri Jong-ok
Succeeded by
Ri Kun-mo
Born
3 March 1931Kyongwon County, Kankyōhoku Province, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died
25 June 2000 (aged 69)Jilin City, China
Hangul
강성산
Hanja
姜成山
RR
Gang Seongsan
MR
Kang Sŏngsan

Kang Song-san (3 March 1931 – 25 June 2000) 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.

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.

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