Kim was elected to the Supreme People's Assembly during the 2019 North Korean parliamentary election,[30] representing Killimgil.[31] In April of the same year, she was briefly removed from the party politburo, before being reinstated in April 2020.[32] In April 2020, rumors of Kim Jong-un's ill-health pushed Kim Yo-Jong into focus as a possible successor of the government's leadership in North Korea.[33]