Nam Il

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Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl 남일
Hancha 南 日
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Romanization 		Nam Il
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Reischauer 		Nam Il

Nam Il (born June 5, 1913 in Kyŏngwŏn , Kankyō-hokudo sub -province , Chōsen Province , former Japanese Empire , now North Korea ; † March 7, 1976 in Pyongyang , North Korea) was a North Korean military man and politician.

Nam Il studied in the Soviet Union until September 1939 . As a captain in the Red Army , he fought in the Battle of Stalingrad . As chief of staff , he took part in the Battle of Warsaw . In 1945 he came back to Pyongyang , his Korean homeland, with the Soviet troops . In 1946 he was a member of the Provisional People's Committee. Nam was a member of the Supreme People's Assembly since 1948, the year the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was founded .

As Chief of Staff of the Korean People's Army , Nam took part in the Korean War and signed the ceasefire agreement with US General William Harrison in Panmunjeom in July 1953 .

After the war, Nam was the Foreign Minister of North Korea from 1953 to 1967 .

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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Nam is the family name here, Il is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Nam, Il
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 남일 (Hangeul); 南 日 (Hanja)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION North Korean politician and military
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Kyŏngwŏn , Kankyō-hokudo sub -province , Chōsen province , then the Japanese Empire , now North Korea
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1976
Place of death Pyongyang , North Korea