What is Kim Chaek?
[[File:Kim Chaek.jpg|thumb|Kim Cheak, 1949]] [[File:Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery 28.JPG|thumb|200px|]] [[File:Views from Yanggakdo International Hotel 05.JPG|thumb|200px|right|The [[Kim Chaek University]]]] '''Kim Chaek''' ([[Korea]]:김책, 金策; [[14 August]] [[1903]] – [[January 31]] [[1951]]) was a [[North Korea]]n resistance activist, military leader, politician and [[poet]]. His realname was '''Kim Hong-gye'''(김홍계, 金洪啓). First Industry Minister of [[DPRK]], September 2 1948 to January 31 1951. He was military leader of [[North Korea]] in the time of [[Korean War]]. In his child years, his family went to [[Manchuria]] after 1926, he joined to communist organization. In 1925, he was study to Dongheung Middle school, but in 1927, dropped out of Middle School. In 1930s he was in a communist military organization and friend of [[Soviet Union]]. In September 2, 1948, he was appointed to Industry Minister of [[DPRK]], until his death. In January 31, 1951, he died in battle at the time of [[Korean war]], in [[Pyongyang]]. His death cause was myocardial infarction or wartime bombing. == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Cheak}} [[Category:1903 births]] [[Category:1951 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:North Korean politicians]]