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Yim Chun-chu (Korean: 임춘추; March 8, 1912 – April 27, 1988) was a North Korean politician. He served as Vice President of North Korea, and member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was a member of the guerrilla faction.

Biography

He was born in Yanji, Jilin, China, in 1912, and joined the anti-Japanese guerrillas in the early 1930s. Since the early 1930s, he has been working with Kim Il Sung as a military surgeon in the guerrilla army, and is the "first generation of revolution" that passed through the 88th International Brigade of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army and the Soviet Far East.

In 1945, he became Secretary of the Ping An South Road of the Communist Party of Korea. In April 1947, invited by Zhou Baozhong to serve as an officer in Antu County, Jilin Province. In March 1948, he served as a member of the Yanbian Administrative Inspector's Office and deputy secretary of the Yanbian District Committee.

Following its official proclamation, he returned to North Korea in January 1949 and June 1950. He served as chairman of the Kangwon Province Party Committee, and in December 1950 lost his footing and was criticized together with Wu Ting, Jin Yi, and Cui Guang.

He was appointed ambassador to Albania in May 1957, Secretary of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Congress and ambassador to Bulgaria in October 1962, Minister of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1963, Criticism of Lost Foot in 1967, Secretary of the Central People's Committee [ja] (the predecessor of the Cabinet of North Korea) in December 1972 Chief, Member of the Party Central Committee and Party Political Bureau in October 1980 following the decision of the 6th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was appointed vice president in April 1983, and died in April 1988.

Yim died on April 27, 1988. He was awarded a state funeral with a funeral committee consisting of 57 persons including Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and O Jin-u.

Works

• Lim Chun Chu (1968). "Great Plan for the Fatherland's Restoration". Reminiscences of the Anti-Japanese Guerillas. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 3207400.
• — (1968). "Guidance in Revolutionary Publications". Reminiscences of the Anti-Japanese Guerillas. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 3207400.
• — (1970). "A Long March of 80,000 Kilometers". Reminiscences of the Anti-Japanese Guerillas. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 1097890.
• — (1974). "The Battle of Lotzukou, Wangching County". Holding High the Banner of Anti-Imperialist Struggle. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 6199468.

References

1. 《데일리NK》 (2005.12.13) 김정일 후계자거론 금지 배경 - 장군님의 후처자식
2. 김일성도 회고록에서 "임춘추는 나에게 헌신적이었던것처럼 김정일동무의 영도에도 충실하였습니다."라고 표현했다. (김일성, 《세기와 더불어》제1부 항일혁명편, 23장 국제반제연량과 연합하여 - 9. 혁명의 뿌리를 가꾸며)
3. "Vice President Rim Dies, Given State Funeral". Vantage Point. Vol. 11. Seoul: Naewoe Press. 1988. pp. 19, 22. OCLC 603996576.

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