Kim Yong-bom

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Kim Yong-bom
김용범
Kim in a North Korean stamp
Chairman of the Central Inspection Commission of the Workers' Party of North Korea
In office 31 August 1946 – 7 September 1947
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Chang Sun-myong
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Korea
In office 13 October 1945 – 18 December 1946
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Kim Tu-bong
Personal details
Born	(1902-08-18)18 August 1902 Chongnam, South Pyongan Province, Korean Empire
Died	7 September 1947(1947-09-07) (aged 45) North Korea
Nationality	North Korean
Political party	Workers' Party of North Korea
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Korea (1925–1946)
Spouse	Pak Chong-ae
Military service
Allegiance	North Korea

Kim Yong-bom (18 August 1902 – 7 September 1947) was a North Korean revolutionary and politician who led the Communist Party between 1945 and 1947.

In the early 1930s, Kim studied at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East in Moscow, where he met the communist and feminist organizer Pak Chong-ae. Kim and Pak would return to Korea in 1932 "in disguise as a couple" and later went on to marry.^[1] He was made Secretary of the North Korean Branch Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea in 1945 after the assassination of Hyŏn Chunhyŏk. This makes Kim the first leader of the current-day Workers' Party of Korea.^[2]