Kim Jong-pil

Infobox Prime Minister
name =Kim Jong-pil
order =11th and 31th Prime Minister of South Korea
term_start =Jun 4 1971
term_start2 =Aug 18 1998
term_end =Dec 18 1975
term_end2 =Jan 12 2000
deputy =
predecessor =Baek Du-jin
predecessor2 =Goh Kun
successor =Choi Kyu-hah
successor2 =Park Tae-joon
birth_date =Birth date and age|1926|1|7|mf=y
birth_place =Buyeo
death_date =
death_place =
religion =
spouse =
party =Democratic Republican PartyInfobox Korean name
title=Korean name
tablewidth=265
color=lavender
hangul=김종필
hanja=金鍾泌
rr=Gim Jong-pil
mr=Kim Chong-p'il

Kim Jong-pil (born January 7, 1926) is a South Korean politician and founder of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (the KCIA, now the National Intelligence Service), who served as Prime Minister twice, from 1971–1975 and from 1998–2000.

Kim Jong-pil was born in Buyeo County, Chungcheongnam-do, and graduated from the Korean Military Academy in 1949 (KMA class No. 8). He participated in the military coup led by Major General Park Chung-hee in 1961 and served in several high-profile offices, including Chairman of the ruling Democratic Republican Party during Park's tenure of eighteen years.

In 2004, he announced his retirement from politics after his bid for a tenth term in the National Assembly failed and his party, the United Liberal Democrats, was unable to gain a sizable number of seats in the 2004 parliamentary election.

ee also

* List of Korea-related topics
* Politics of South Korea