Ho Dam

Ho Dam
Chosŏn'gŭl 허담
Hancha 許錟
Revised Romanization Heo Dam
McCune–Reischauer Hŏ Tam
This is a Korean name; the family name is Heo.

Ho Dam (ca. 1929 - May 11, 1991) was a North Korean politician, and Foreign Minister from 1970 to 1983.[1]

Ho was a member of the ruling Politburo of North Korea's Communist Party, was also chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, which made nominal efforts to reunite the Communist North with the capitalist South.[1]

As Foreign Minister in 1977, he became the first senior North Korean official to visit the United States. He left the Foreign Minister's job in 1983 and became secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea. In 1980, he accompanied President Kim Il-Sung to Belgrade, Yugoslavia for the funeral of the Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980).

In 1990 he was named chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament.[1]

Ho Dam died in May 11, 1991, from a long illness, according to KCNA. The news agency did not specify the cause of death.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Associated Press (May 14, 1991). "Ho Dam; North Korean Official, 62". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-06-21. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
Political offices
Preceded by
Pak Song-chol		 Foreign Minister of North Korea (DPRK)
1970 - 1983 		Succeeded by
Kim Yong-nam
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