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General Choe Pu-il (; born 6 March 1944) is a North Korean politician who served as head of
North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
's Ministry of People's Security.


Biography

In April 1992, he was promoted to Major General and to General in October 1995. After serving as Deputy Chief of the
General Staff A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military u ...
in the
Korean People's Army The Korean People's Army (KPA; ) is the military force of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Under the ''Songun'' policy, it is the central institution of North Korean society. Currently, WPK General Se ...
, he served as First Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief of Operations of the General Staff. He became a member of the Central Military Commission of the Party at the
3rd Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea The 3rd Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea was held in Pyongyang on September 28, 2010. The meeting elected the highest authority of the Workers' Party of Korea, and revised the party charter. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il also attended the ...
held in September 2010. In the same month, along with Kim Jong-un,
Kim Kyong-hui Kim Kyong-hui (; born 30 May 1946) is the aunt of current North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. She is the daughter of the founding North Korean leader Kim Il-sung and the sister of the late leader Kim Jong-il. She currently serves as Secretary f ...
,
Choe Ryong-hae Choe Ryong-hae (born 15 January 1950) is a North Korean politician and military officer who currently serves as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly and First Vice President of the State Affairs Commission, holdi ...
, and Hyon Yong-chol, he received the military rank of General of the Army. He served as a commander at the April 2012 servicing ceremony, where Kim Jong-un gave his first speech. He was appointed to the Minister of People's Security in February 2013 by Kim Jong-un and was elected as a candidate for the
Central Committee Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party organizations, the c ...
full meeting on March 31, 2013. He was elected as a member of the National Defense Commission. He was elected delegate in the election to the 13th
Supreme People's Assembly The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; ) is the unicameral legislature of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. It consists of one deputy from each of the DPRK's 687 constituencies, elected to five-year ...
. On May 17, it was reported that he had visited a site of a collapsed high-rise apartment in the Pyongyang area of Pyongyang City and apologized to the bereaved family members and residents along with senior government officials. In December of the same year, it was confirmed that Choi had been demoted to Major General. In October 2015, it was confirmed that Choi was again promoted to a General rank. In July 2016, he was placed under sanctions by the United States government. In February 2020 he was replaced by Kim Jong-ho. On August 20, 2020, it was reported that he is now in charge of handling military affairs for the
Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea ( ko, 조선로동당 중앙위원회) is the highest party body between national meetings of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea. According to WPK rules, the ...
.


Awards and honors

The official portrait of Choe shows Choe wearing all decorations awarded to him.
Order of Kim Il-sung The Order of Kim Il-sung () is the highest order of North Korea, along with the Order of Kim Jong-il, and only second to one honorary title, the Hero of Labour. The order, named after the country's first leader Kim Il-sung, was instituted i ...
Order of Kim Jong-il Order of the National Flag First Class, six times Order of Freedom and Independence First Class Order of Korean Labour Commemorative Order "20th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" Commemorative Order "Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" Commemorative Order "Anniversary of the Foundation of the People's Army" Order of Military Service Honour First Class Commemorative Order "30th Anniversary of the Agricultural Presentation" Order of the National Flag Second Class, twice Order of Freedom and Independence Second Class, twice Order of the Red Banner of Three Great Revolutions Order of the National Flag Third Class, twice Commemorative Medal "Fatherland Liberation" Commemorative Medal "The Foundation of the People's Republic of Korea" Medal For Military Merit, twice Commemorative Medal "Military Parade"


References

Living people Government ministers of North Korea Law enforcement in North Korea 1944 births Members of the Supreme People's Assembly Alternate members of the 6th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea Members of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Members of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea People from North Hamgyong People from Hoeryong {{NorthKorea-mil-bio-stub