Kim Jae-ryong


Kim Jae-ryong is a North Korean politician who has served as Premier of North Korea since 11 April 2019. He is also a member of the Supreme People's Assembly.

Career

Relatively little is known about Kim's early career. Before his premiership, he held positions in political guidance at various industrial sites. Around 2007, he was appointed to his first important position as the secretary of the Worker's Party of Korea North Pyongan provincial committee. He was appointed acting secretary of the WPK Chagang provincial committee in 2015 and from 2016 to 2019 he was officially the provincial party secretary, when he was replaced by Kang Bong-hun in that position. Kim became a member of the WPK Central Committee in 2016.
He is also believed at one point to have held a post within the Workers Party of Korea that oversaw Sinuiju and the free economic zone area of the city.

Premiership

On 10 March 2019, Kim was elected to the Supreme People's Assembly in the parliamentary election. Less than a month later, during the first session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly, Kim was appointed premier, replacing Pak Pong-ju. He was also elected to be a member of the Politburo and the Central Military Commission.
Kim as premier has also conducted multiple site inspections around the country from agricultural sites, factories and even to an apartment project in the capitol of Pyongyang.