Kim Jong-im

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'''Kim Jong-im''' ({{langx|ko|김정임}}) is a North Korean politician. She is one of the few women (among others, Kim Kyong-hui, Kim Rak-hui and Han Kwang-bok) who perform the highest functions in the North Korean government apparatus. She is a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and was a member of the Supreme People's Assembly.

==Biography== In 1985 she became the deputy director of the Party History Institute, formally an organizational unit of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. From December 2009 she is the head of the Institute, replacing Kim Ki-nam. Pursuant to the decision of the 3rd Conference of the Korean Workers' Party, on September 28, 2010, Kim was elected for the first time to the Central Committee. In 2009 she was elected to the 12th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly, representing the 157th electoral district.<ref>{{Cite web | title = [Annotated full list of elected MP's] | publisher = North Korean Economy Watch | format = XLS | accessdate = 24 June 2018 | url = http://www.nkeconwatch.com/nk-uploads/spalist20092.xls }}</ref> In 2016 she was elected full member of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.<ref name="Official">{{Cite web | title = Official Report of Seventh Congress of the WPK | author = | work=Naenara | date = | accessdate = 11 May 2016 | url = http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/news/news_view.php?0+96931 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160924225901/http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/news/news_view.php?0+96931 | archive-date=24 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?bbs=22045 |title=Party leadership members elected |access-date=2020-05-02 |archive-date=2020-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915200609/http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?bbs=22045 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After the death of Kim Jong Il in December 2011, Kim Jong-im was ranked in 41st place in the 232-person Funeral Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nknews.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/KJI-Funeral-Rankings-comparison.xlsx|title=KJI Funeral Rankings comparison|work=NK News|date=December 2011|access-date=7 September 2018|at=Ranking|format=XLSX|archive-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174450/https://www.nknews.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/KJI-Funeral-Rankings-comparison.xlsx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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