Ho Dam

North Korean politician (1929–1991)
허담
Ho in 1972
Minister of Foreign AffairsIn office
1970–1983Preceded byPak Song-cholSucceeded byKim Yong-nam Personal detailsBorn6 March 1929
Genzan, Kankyōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
(today Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North KoreaDied11 May 1991(1991-05-11) (aged 62)
Pyongyang, North KoreaPolitical partyWorkers’ Party of KoreaSpouseKim Jong-sukKorean nameChosŏn'gŭl
허담
Hancha
許錟
Revised RomanizationHeo DamMcCune–ReischauerHŏ Tam

Ho Dam (Korean: 허담; MR: Hŏ Dam; March 6, 1929 – May 11, 1991)[1] was a North Korean politician, and Foreign Minister from 1970 to 1983.[2]

He was a member of the ruling Politburo of North Korea's Communist Party, and was also chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, which made nominal efforts to reunite the Communist North with the capitalist South.[2]

As Foreign Minister in 1977, he became the first senior North Korean official to visit the United States. He left the Foreign Minister's job in 1983 and became secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea. In 1980, he accompanied Kim Il Sung to Belgrade, Yugoslavia for the funeral of the Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980).

In 1990 he was named chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament.[2]

Ho Dam died on May 11, 1991, from a long illness, according to KCNA. The news agency did not specify the cause of death.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Index Ho-Hy".
  2. ^ a b c d Associated Press (May 14, 1991). "Ho Dam; North Korean Official, 62". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-06-21. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
Political offices
Preceded by Foreign Minister of North Korea (DPRK)
1970 - 1983
Succeeded by


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