Nam Il

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North Korean army officer (1915–1976)

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::summary North Korean army officer (1915–1976) ::

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nameNam Il
imageNam il sg28917.jpg
officeVice Premier of the Cabinet
term_start20 September 1957
term_end7 March 1976
premierKim Il
Kim Il Sung
alongside{{show
office3Chairman of the Light Industry Commission
term_start326 December 1972
term_end37 March 1976
premier3Kim Il
predecessor3Post established
successor3Ho Sun
office4Chairman of the State Construction Commission
term_start4August 1960
term_end4December 1962
premier4Kim Il Sung
predecessor4Kim Ung-sang
successor4Kim Tu-sam
office5Minister of Foreign Affairs
term_start53 March 1953
term_end523 October 1959
premier5Kim Il Sung
predecessor5Pak Hon-yong
successor5Pak Song-chol
captionNam Il waiting to depart from the Korean War Armistice Negotiations site at Kaesong, Korea. August 1, 1951.
birth_date5 June 1915
death_date
birth_nameYakov Petrovich Nam
resting_placeRevolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery, North Korea
birth_placeGolubovka, Primorskaya Oblast, Russian Empire
death_placePyongyang, North Korea
allegianceNorth Korea
Soviet Union
branch

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Nam Il (5 June 1915 – 7 March 1976) was a Russian-born North Korean military officer and co-signer of the Korean Armistice Agreement.

Biography

Nam was born Yakov Petrovich Nam () probably in the Russian Far East. Due to a Soviet policy, Nam's family, like many Koreans in Russia's Far East, were moved to Central Asia. He was educated at Smolensk Military School and in Tashkent. Nam achieved his final rank of captain as an Assistant to the Division Chief of Staff of a Soviet Army division during World War II. He took part in some of the greatest battles, including Stalingrad and the Battle of Berlin.

When not serving in the military, he worked in the education sector. In 1946, he was sent to Soviet occupied North Korea, as a member of a contingent of ethnic Korean former Soviet military officers to assist Kim Il Sung, leaving behind a wife and daughter in Soviet Union. He was famous for using an amber cigarette holder.

After the war, Nam Il served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the North Korean government. Along with another Soviet Korean Pak Chong-ae, he worked to help Kim Il Sung break free from Soviet influence. In 1957, he was promoted and became one of several deputy Prime Ministers. Nam, along with Pang Hak-se (the founder of the DPRK secret police), was one of only a few prominent Soviet Koreans who survived the purges of the 1950s.

On 7 March 1976, it was announced that he had died when his car was crushed by a truck. Many suspected that this was not an accident, and some blamed Kim Jong Il, who by that time was not powerful enough to simply order that Nam be killed. Others said that it was done by Kim Il Sung. Nam Il's son, who lived in the Soviet Union, visited North Korea and attempted to investigate, but Pang Hak-se told him to go home and stop interfering in affairs which did not concern him.

Nam was awarded a state funeral and was buried in Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery. Unlike some of his colleagues who were purged, Nam continues to appear in historical photographs.

Awards

Citations

References

References

  1. Tertitskiy, Fyodor. (June 14, 2024). "The Forgotten Political Elites of North Korea: Woe to the Vanquished". Routledge.
  2. (July 27, 1953). "Transcript of Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State (1953)". US National Archives.
  3. Tertitskiy, Fyodor. (19 July 2018). "Why do so many North Korean officials die in car crashes?". [[NK News]].
  4. After the [[Korean War
  5. Wilfred Burchett, ''Memoirs of a Rebel Journalist : The Autobiography of Wilfred Burchett'' (2005), edited by Nick Shimmin and George Burchett, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, New South Wales. {{ISBN. 0-86840-842-5, p 385.
  6. (31 May 1976). "Old Age, 'Unexpected Accidents' Lead to Reshuffle of North Korean Advisers". Amarillo Globe Times.
  7. Bluth, Christoph. (2008). "Korea". Polity Press.
  8. (6 July 1956). "Hsinhua News Agency Release". Hsinhua News Agency.

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