Kang Min-chol

Kang Min-chol (; born 1948) is a North Korean politician. He is Minister of Mining Industries in the Cabinet of North Korea, and an alternate member of the politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). He was a delegate to the 12th session of the Supreme People's Assembly. In October 1988, he became deputy-chair of the WPK organizational committee of the Musan Mining Complex in North Hamgyong Province, and in January 2001, he was appointed chief secretary of the Musan County WPK. In September 2010, he was appointed an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Kang served as a member of the national mourning committee upon the death of Kim Jong Il in 2011.

Delegate to Supreme People's Assembly Kang was elected to the 12th session of the Supreme People's Assembly in April 2009, from the 410th Constituency. He was re-confirmed as Minister of Mining in the same session.