Kim Yong-hwan (politician)

For the South Korean politician, see Kim Young-hwan.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Yong-hwan
Chief Secretary of the Pyongyang City Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
In office February 2020 – 2023
Supreme Leader	Kim Jong Un
Preceded by	Kim Nung-o
Succeeded by	Kim Su-gil
Chief Secretary of the Ryanggang Province Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
In office December 2019 – February 2020
Supreme Leader	Kim Jong Un
Preceded by	Lee Sang-won
Succeeded by	Ri Tae-il
Personal details
Citizenship	North Korean
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea
Occupation	Politician

Kim Yong-hwan (Korean: 김영환) is a politician of North Korea. He is a member of the Party Censorship Committee and Chairman of the Pyongyang Party Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Biography

In February 1997, he was appointed first vice-chairman of the Central Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In May 2016, at the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea he was elected as a member of the WPK Inspection Commission. After being appointed chairman of the Ryanggang Province Party Committee in December 2019, he was elected chairman of the Pyongyang Party Party Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea at the Political Bureau expanded meeting on February 29, 2020.