Independence patriot · Provisional Government · Provisional Government
| Life | 1888 |
| Era | 근현대 |
| Clan | 의성 김씨 |
Gim Bung-jun, a native of Yonggang in South Pyongan Province, joined the Sinminhoe and the Young Men's Study Association before fleeing to Shanghai, where he helped establish the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. He served as a councilor in its Military Affairs Department and continued to serve the government through its Guangzhou and Chongqing years, twice holding the speakership of the Provisional Legislative Assembly, in 1927 and again from 1939 to 1941.
After liberation he returned to Korea and worked as a moderate right-wing politician engaged in the left-right coalition movement and inter-Korean talks, but when the Korean War broke out in 1950 he was abducted from Seoul by North Korean forces and is believed to have died that September in Seoheung, Hwanghae Province.
With his wife No Yeong-jae he had a son, Gim Deok-mok, and two daughters, Gim Hyo-suk, who married fellow independence activist Song Myeon-su, and Gim Jeong-suk, who married Go Si-bok. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation, Grand Cordon, in 1989.
With his wife No Yeong-jae, he had a son, Gim Deok-mok, and two daughters, Gim Hyo-suk, who married fellow independence activist Song Myeon-su, and Gim Jeong-suk, who married Go Si-bok.