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Kang Sok-ju

Diplomat · Politician

Kang Sok-ju is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Kang Sok-ju · Kang Szokcsu · Kang Sŏk Ju · Кан Сок Чу · 姜錫柱 · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Kang Sok Ju · Kang Szokcsu · Kang Sŏk Ju · Kang Sŏk-chu · Кан Сок Чу · 3 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	カン・ソクジュ · カン・ソクチュ				[sources]
Birth date	1939-08-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Pyongwon County				[sources]
Death date	2016-05-20				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Citizenship	North Korea				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Seok-ju				[sources]
Last name	Jiang · Kang				[sources]
Political association	Workers’ Party of Korea				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q705608				[sources]
Position	Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2007-2007) · Supreme People’s Assembly (member, 2014-) · Vice Premier of North Korea (2010-2014) · Vice Premier of North Korea (2014-2016) · member of the Supreme People's Assembly				[sources]
Education	Peking University				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-21	Last processed	2026-01-21	First seen	2026-01-18

Descriptions

Vice Premier of North Korea (1939-2016)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-21

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kang Sok-sung Politician	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Supreme People's Assembly	-	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,660

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions525,938

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,490

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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