Yun Tong-hyon

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Yun Tong-hyon
Member of the 7th Central Committee
Assumed office
May 2016
Supreme LeaderKim Jong Un
Member of the Supreme People's Assembly
Personal details
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Military service
AllegianceFile:Flag of North Korea (1948–1992).svg North Korea
Branch/serviceFile:Flag of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army (Normal).svg Korean People's Army
RankFile:Colonel General rank insignia (North Korea).svg Sangjang (Colonel-general)

Yun Tong-hyon (Korean윤통현) is a North Korean general and politician. He is member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and member of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.[1]

Biography

He became a colonel-general in 2014 by order of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of North Korea, Kim Jong Un.[2] In 1998 and 2003 he was elected to the 10th and 11th convocations of the Supreme People's Assembly, respectively. In 2016, following the decisions made by the 7th WPK Congress, he was elected to the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[3][4] In April 2019 he was elected to the 14th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly, representing the Pongsusan (170th electoral district).[5] He was a member of the funeral committee of Kim Chol-man, Jon Pyong-ho, Kim Yang-gon,[6] Ri Ul-sol,[7] Kim Yong-chun. Following the death of Kim Jong Il in December 2011, he was also a member of his 232-members funeral committee.[8]

Awards and honors

A picture of Yun shows him wearing the ribbons to all decorations awarded to him.[9]

File:PRK Order of Kim Il Sung BAR.png
File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 1st Class BAR.png File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 1st Class BAR.png File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 1st Class BAR.png
File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 1st Class BAR.png File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 1st Class BAR.png File:DPRK 20th Anniversary Order.png
File:30th Anniversary of the Publication of the Rural Theses Order ribbon.png File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 2nd Class BAR.png File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 2nd Class BAR.png
File:PRK Order of the National Flag - 2nd Class BAR.png File:DPRK ribbon bar - Order of National Flag 3rd Class.svg File:DPRK ribbon bar - Order of National Flag 3rd Class.svg
File:DPRK ribbon bar - Order of National Flag 3rd Class.svg File:FatherlandLiberationRibbon.jpg File:Commemorative Medal Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ribbon.gif

References

  1. "북 김정은, 최고인민회의 대의원 처음 빠져". 통일뉴스 (in 한국어). 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  2. "Yun Tong Hyon promoted to colonel general". NK News. May 28, 2014.
  3. "Official Report of Seventh Congress of the WPK". Naenara. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. Party leadership members elected
  5. Jo Jung-hoon (12 March 2019). 북 김정은, 최고인민회의 대의원 처음 빠져: (추가) 북 언론, 687명 대의원 명단 발표...당 부위원장들 포함 (명단). Tongil News (in 한국어). Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  6. "Kim Yang Gon Funeral Committee". North Korea Leadership Watch. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  7. "Ri Ul Sol Funeral Committee: Who's On, Who's Not". North Korea Leadership Watch. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  8. "KJI Funeral Rankings comparison" (XLSX). NK News. December 2011. Ranking. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  9. Grisafi, John (2014-05-28). "Yun Tong Hyon promoted to colonel general". NK News. Retrieved 2023-01-10.