Kang Sun-nam | |
|---|---|
| 강순남 | |
.png) Kang in 2023 | |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 31 December 2022 – 8 October 2024 | |
| Predecessor | Ri Yong-gil |
| Succeeded by | No Kwang-chol |
| Personal details | |
| Born | North Korea |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  North Korea |
| Rank | .svg){kind=icon} General |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 강순남 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gang Sun-nam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kang Sun-nam |
Kang Sun-nam (Korean: 강순남) is a North Korean politician and general who was the minister of Defence from 2022 to 2024. He is also a member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and a member of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
He was previously the director of the Civil Defense Department of the Workers' Party of Korea which oversees the Worker-Peasant Red Guards. He has held positions such as Deputy Minister of the People's Armed Forces and Commander of the 671st Grand Combined Unit.
- ^ "강순남(姜順南)KANG Sun Nam". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ^ "強純男国防相が中国国防部長に祝電". KCNA (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-13.