Ho Ka-i

Ho Ka-i
Ho Ka-i
Vice Premier of the Cabinet
	In office; 4 November 1951 – 2 July 1953 Serving with Pak Hon-yong, Hong Myong-hui, Kim Chaek, Choe Chang-ik and Choe Yong-gon.
Premier	Kim Il Sung
First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee
	In office; 24 June 1949 – 2 July 1953
Chairman	Kim Il Sung
2nd Secretary	Yi Sung-yop
3rd Secretary	Kim Sam-yong
Personal details
Born	18 March 1908; Khabarovsk, Russian Empire
Died	2 June 1953 (aged 45); Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Nationality	Korean
Spouses	Anna Innokentevna Li (m. 1927; died 1947); Nina Tsoi; (m. 1949);
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	허가이
Hancha	許哥誼
Revised Romanization	Heo Ga-i
McCune–Reischauer	Hŏ Ka-i
Occupation	Politician

Alexei Ivanovich Hegai (Russian: Алексей Иванович Хегай, Korean: 허가이; 18 March 1908 – 2 July 1953), also known as Ho Ka-i, was a Soviet political operative in North Korea (DPRK) and leader of the Soviet Korean faction within the early political structure of North Korea. He was the second vice-chairman of the DPRK Politburo from 1949 until he was purged. He allegedly killed himself in Pyongyang and was replaced as leader by Pak Chang-ok.

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