Kim Yong-jin (Korean: 김용진; 23 February 1953 – July 2016) was a senior North Korean official.

Kim served as North Korea's education minister, and in 2012 was made a vice-premier.

In August 2016, it was reported that he had been executed by firing squad for allegedly displaying a bad attitude at a national meeting[1] and failing to stand upright.

[2] Kim was subsequently branded an "anti-party and a counter-revolutionary member" by North Korea’s State Security.

The information was confirmed by South Korea's Unification Ministry spokesman, Jeong Joon Hee.