Name   Kim Kwang-sop Sex   Male Date of Birth   January 15, 1952 Place of Birth   Chongjin, North Hamkyong Province Posts Held Ambassador to Austria Claim to Fame Diplomat, son-in-law of Kim Il-sung Education Bachelor’s in economics from Kim Il Sung University Profile A career diplomat, Kim Kwang-sop was named ambassador to Czechoslovakia in 1984. Three years later, he took up a teaching position at Kim Il Sung University. In 1990, he was appointed roving ambassador by the Foreign Ministry before being reassigned as envoy to Austria in 1993. Though a son-in-law of Kim Il-sung, he is unlikely to enter the power elite since his wife is only a half-sister to Kim Jong-il. She was born to Kim Il-sung’s second wife, Kim Song-ae.

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