Kim Hyong-ryong
Kim Hyong-ryong | |
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| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Alma mater | Telecommunications Military School Kim Il-sung Military University |
| Occupation | Military officer, politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | File:Flag of North Korea (1948–1992).svg North Korea |
| Branch/service | File:Flag of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army (Normal).svg Korean People's Army |
| Rank | File:Colonel General rank insignia (North Korea).svg Colonel general |
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Kim Hyong-ryong (Korean: 김형룡) is a military officer and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He is a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and is a public diplomat of the Korean People's Army. He also served as member of parliament in the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.
Biography
He Graduated from Telecommunications Military School and Kim Il-sung Military University. In April 1992, he was appointed Director of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, and was appointed to the Chief of Communications of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces. He was promoted to Lieutenant General of the Korean People's Army in October 1995 and to Colonel general July 2003.[1] In September 2010, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. In 1998, he was elected a deputy to the 10th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly and to the 11th convocation in 2003. He was a member of the funeral committees at the time of the death of O Jin-u in 1995, Jo Myong-rok in 2010, and following the death of Kim Jong-il in 2011.
Awards and honors
Kim could be seen wearing multiple decorations during a visit to Beijing.[2] File:PRK Order of Kim Il Sung BAR.png Order of Kim Il-sung File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 1st Class BAR.png Order of the National Flag First Class, four times File:FreedomAndIndependence1Ribbon.jpg Order of Freedom and Independence First Class File:DPRK Order of Labor.png Order of Korean Labour, twice File:DPRK 20th Anniversary Order.png Commemorative Order "Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" File:KPA Foundation Commemorative Order.png Commemorative Order "Anniversary of the Foundation of the People's Army" File:DPRK Order of Military Service Honor 1st Class.png Order of Military Service Honour First Class File:30th Anniversary of the Publication of the Rural Theses Order ribbon.png Commemorative Order "30th Anniversary of the Agricultural Presentation" File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 2nd Class BAR.png Order of the National Flag Second Class, three times File:DPRK Order of Three Great Revolutions.png Order of the Red Banner of Three Great Revolutions File:DPRK ribbon bar - Order of National Flag 3rd Class.svg Order of the National Flag Third Class, twice File:DPRK Order of Military Service Honor 3rd Class.png Order of Military Service Honour Third Class File:DPRK ribbon bar - Order of Soldier's Honor 2nd Class.svg Soldier's Medal of Honour Second Class File:DPRK 20th Anniversary Order.png Commemorative Order "50th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" File:DPRK Military Merit Medal.png Medal For Military Merit, three times
References
- ↑ “통일부 북한자료센터 주요 인물 정보”. 통일부 북한자료센터. 2012년 1월 2일에 확인함.
- ↑ Standard, The. "Korea seeks to become global hot spot, general says". The Standard. Retrieved 2022-12-29.