Kim Won-bong

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Kim Won-bong
Minister of State Control
1st Cabinet of North Korea
In office 9 September 1948 – 8 May 1952
Premier	Kim Il Sung
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Choe Chang-ik
Personal details
Born	c. 1898 Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, Korean Empire
Died	c. 1958 North Korea
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea
Spouse(s)	Park Cha-jeong Choi Dong-Seon
Children	Kim Cheol-Geon Kim Joong-Geon Kim Hak-Bong
Occupation	Politician, military general
Military service
Allegiance	Korea
Branch/service	Korean Liberation Army
Years of service	1941–1945
Rank	General
Battles/wars	World War II
Korean name
Hangul	김원봉
Hanja	金元鳳
Revised Romanization	Kim Wonbong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Wŏnpong
Art name
Hangul	약산
Hanja	若山
Revised Romanization	Yaksan
McCune–Reischauer	Yaksan

Kim Won-bong (Korean: 김원봉; 1898 – c.1958) was a Korean independence activist, Korean anarchist, communist, and later statesman for North Korea.

His art name was Yaksan (약산; 若山). He used a variety of pseudonyms during his exile abroad in China, including Ch'oe Rim (최림; 崔林), Yi Ch'ung (이충; 李冲), Chin Kuk-pin (진국빈; 陳國斌), and Ch'ŏn Se-dŏk (천세덕; 千世德).^[1]