Kim Chang Son, a senior North Korean official referred to as leader Kim Jong Un’s “butler,” has died at the age of 81, according to state media Friday.

Kim Jong Un expressed “deep condolences” over the death of the former department director of the State Affairs Commission, North Korea’s main administrative organ, and sent a wreath as tribute on Thursday, the state-owned Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a brief report the next day.

“Kim Chang Son, who had worked in the important posts of the Party and the state for a long time under the special loving care