Kim Tu-bong
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Kim Tu-bong | |
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Chairman of the Workers' Party of North Korea Central Committee | |
In office 28 August 1946 – 30 June 1949 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Kim Il Sung |
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly | |
In office 9 September 1948 – 20 September 1957 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Choe Yong-gon |
Personal details | |
Born | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 16 February 1889
Nationality | North Korean |
Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Korea (1925–1946) Workers' Party of North Korea (1946–1949) |
Korean name | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 김두봉 |
Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Dubong |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Tubong |
Art name | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 백연 |
Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Baekyeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Paegyŏn |
Kim Tu-bong (
He and other members of the
Early childhood and education
Born on 2 February 1889, in South Korea's South
Early linguistic work
After graduating from
Shanghai and the exiled Korean government
After the March 1st Movement (1 March 1919) he and other members of the independence club fled into China and in April 1919 set up a provisional government in Shanghai. During that time, he was first exposed to communism and eventually accepted it in 1920 after he had first supported the Democratic Party. In 1924, he was entrusted with the department of children education and schooling where he served as the president and also taught both Korean and Korean History. After the Japanese invaded China he and other members of the Korean government in Shanghai fled to Yan'an, headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party, and Kim would become the head of the independence club and a very important figure in combining the conflicting views of both communist and democratic ideas.
Return home and the new government
The December following World War II and the Japanese's surrender (15 August 1945) Kim Tu-bong and other members returned to the now-divided Korea. Like many other communist-minded people of the time, Kim Tu-bong and other communist leaders took residence in what is now North Korea under the Soviet occupation. In February 1946, Kim Tu-bong became the chairman of the new People's Party. Later that year in August, it merged to form the Workers' Party. He would become the chairman in 1948, but from the outset the real power was held by Premier Kim Il Sung. Kim Tu-bong designed the new flag that is still used in North Korea today in an effort to throw off what he saw as feudal rule.
Kim Il Sung became chairman of the Workers' Party after it had merged with its southern counterpart in 1949, thus becoming in name as well as in fact the country's leader. In most communist states, the party leader is understood to be the most powerful man in the country.
Disappearance and death
After the
See also
- Yanan faction
- Kim Il Sung
- Cold War
- North Korea
- Korean independence movement
References
- ^ "Journal of Korean Affairs". 22 May 1975 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780801468933– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9781850655633– via Google Books.
- Dae-Sook Suh. Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader. Columbia University Press, 1988. pg. 351
- n.d. Kim Dubong (김두봉). Naver encolopidia. 20 November 2013. http://terms.naver.com/.