title: Kim Yong-jin (politician)
text: # Kim Yong-jin (politician)
  
  Kim Yong-jin (Korean: 김용진; born 23 February 1953 – died July 2016) was a senior North Korean official. Kim served as North Korea’s education minister, and in 2012 was made a vice-premier.
  
  ## Execution
  
  In August 2016, it was reported that he had been executed by firing squad for allegedly displaying a bad attitude at a national meeting and failing to stand upright. Kim was subsequently branded an "anti-party and a counter-revolutionary member" by North Korea’s State Security. The information was confirmed by South Korea's Unification Ministry spokesman, Jeong Joon Hee.
  
  