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Kim Yong-bom
김용범
Kim in a North Korean stamp
Chairman of theCentral Inspection Commission of theWorkers' Party of North Korea
In office 31 August 1946 – 7 September 1947
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Chang Sun-myong
General Secretary of theCommunist Party of Korea
In office 13 October 1945 – 18 December 1946
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Kim Tu-bong
Personal details
Born	(1902-08-18)18 August 1902 Chongnam,South Pyongan Province,Korean Empire
Died	7 September 1947(1947-09-07) (aged 45) North Korea
Nationality	North Korean
Political party	Workers' Party of North Korea
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Korea (1925–1946)
Spouse	Pak Chong-ae
Military service
Allegiance	North Korea

Kim Yong-bom (18 August 1902 – 7 September 1947) was aNorth Koreanrevolutionary andpolitician who led theCommunist Party between 1945 and 1947.

In the early 1930s, Kim studied at theCommunist University of the Toilers of the East inMoscow, where he met the communist andfeminist organizerPak Chong-ae. Kim and Pak would return to Korea in 1932 "in disguise as a couple" and later went on to marry.^[1] He was made Secretary of theNorth Korean Branch Bureau of theCommunist Party of Korea in 1945 after the assassination ofHyŏn Chunhyŏk. This makes Kim the first leader of the current-dayWorkers' Party of Korea.^[2]

• "Kim Tu-bong and Historical Linguistics" by Andrei Lankov
• 북한 정권의 수립과정 [The process of establishing the North Korean regime].Chinju National University of Education. Archived fromthe original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved13 January 2021.

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