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Mun Jong-nam

Mun Jong-nam

North Korean diplomat (died 2022)

Mun Jong-nam (died 8 March 2022) was a North Korean diplomat and official, who served as North Korea’s Ambassador to Syria. He also served abroad in Thailand and Italy.

In this Korean name, the family name is Mun.
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Life and career

Mun Jong-nam was a long-time foreign ministry official.[2] He served in the international organization bureau at the North Korean foreign ministry.[3] He has also served as an official in the World Food Programme National Coordination Committee at Pyongyang.[4]

Mun had served in North Korea's embassy in Thailand.[3]

In July 2017 Mun was nominated to be the new ambassador to Rome, after the post had been vacant for over a year according to South Korean sources.[2] His predecessor Kim Chun-guk had died of liver cancer.[3] However, Italy demanded on 1 October as a retaliation for North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile tests that he should leave the country. Mun had started working in Italy but had not finished the accreditation process.[2] Italy had earlier approved his nomination.[5] Mun had been in Rome for about a month, as he had assumed the post on 28 August.[6][5]

At the time of his death Mun was the North Korean ambassador to Syria.[7][8] He presented his credentials on 30 May 2018 in Damascus.[9] During the ceremony, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is said by KCNA to have proclaimed that he will visit North Korea and meet with leader Kim Jong-un.[7][8][9]

Mun died from a stroke on 8 March 2022.[10]

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References

  1. [1]
    수리아주재 조선대사 문정남 임명 (in Korean). Pyongyang. Korean Central News Agency. 3 May 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Italy orders North Korea ambassador home over missiles". The Guardian. October 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  3. [3]
    "New N.K. envoy to take office in Italy after long vacancy". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. [4]
    "VERIFICATION OF THE ADOPTED DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS". World Food Programme. June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Italy becomes latest country to expel North Korean ambassador". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  6. [6]
    Fifield, Anna (1 October 2017). "Italy becomes fifth country to expel North Korean ambassador". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Syria's Assad to become first head of state to meet Kim Jong-un in North Korea: KCNA". The Times of India. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  8. [8]
    "Syria's Bashar al-Assad to visit North Korea". Al Jazeera. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  9. [9]
    "Syrian president to visit DPRK: KCNA". Xinhua. 3 June 2018. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  10. [10]
    "North Korean ambassador to Syria dies from stroke: Syrian state media | NK News". 9 March 2022.
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