Kim Yong-nam

Kim Yong-nam (Hangul: 김영남; Hanja: 金永南; born 4 February 1928) is a North Korean politician. He serves as President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly. He was in this position from 1998 to 2019.^[1] Previously, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1998.^[2] He was elected a member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in 2010.

Kim Yong-nam
김영남
Kim Yong-nam in 2015
President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea
In office 5 September 1998 – 11 April 2019
Premier	Hong Song-nam Pak Pong-ju Kim Yong-il Choe Yong-rim Pak Pong-ju
Leader	Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-un
Preceded by	Yang Hyong-sop
Succeeded by	Choe Ryong-hae
Personal details
Born	(1928-02-04) 4 February 1928 (age 97) Heijo, Korea (now Pyongyang, North Korea)
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea

Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	김영남
Hancha	金永南
Revised Romanization	Gim Yeong-nam
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yŏngnam

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.