Kim Tok-hun

Kim Tok-hun
김덕훈
Kim in 2019
13th Premier of North Korea
Assumed office
13 August 2020
Supreme LeaderKim Jong Un
Preceded byKim Jae-ryong
Vice President of the State Affairs Commission
Assumed office
29 September 2019
PresidentKim Jong Un
Head of the Cadre Affairs Department of the Workers' Party of Korea
In office
31 December 2019 – 13 August 2020
LeaderKim Jong Un
Preceded byKim Phyong-hae
Vice Premier of North Korea
In office
30 April 2014 – 13 August 2020
PremierKim Jae-ryong
Pak Pong-ju
Personal details
Born1961 (age 62–63)
North Korea
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
김덕훈
Hancha
金德訓[citation needed]
Revised RomanizationGim Deokhun
McCune–ReischauerKim Tŏkhun

Kim Tok-hun (Korean김덕훈, born 1961) is a North Korean politician who is currently the premier of North Korea and a full member on the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. He is additionally a vice president of the State Affairs Commission.[citation needed]

Kim served as a vice premier between 2014 and 2020. He joined the WPK Central Committee in 2016, and was later promoted to the WPK Politburo in 2019. He also served as the head of the WPK's Cadre Affairs Department from December 2019 to August 2020. He was appointed the premier in August 2020.


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