Han Song-ryong (, 1923–2009)北前경제비서 한성룡 조용한 죽음, 왜?
was a North Korean politician. He served in various positions in the

Workers' Party of Korea The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), also called the Korean Workers' Party (KWP), is the sole ruling party of North Korea. Founded in 1949 from a merger between the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea, the WPK is ...

and the North Korean Cabinet.

Biography

Han was born in

Myongchon County Myŏngch'ŏn County is a ''kun'', or county, in North Hamgyong province, 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 ...

, North Hamgyong Province in 1923. He was educated at the

Red Flag Mangyongdae Revolutionary School Red Flag Mangyongdae Revolutionary School is an elite public secondary school in the Mangyongdae district of Pyongyang city, North Korea. Established in 1947, it is a special education school with access only to the Workers' Party of Korea, Korean ...

and

Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) () is one of the largest universities in the Czech Republic with 8 faculties, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Central Europe. It is also the oldest non-military technical universi ...

. In May 1971 he was appointed to head the Second Machine Industry Ministry. In December 1972 he became Head of the Department of Ship Machinery Industry and became a member of the

Supreme People's Assembly The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; ) is the legislature of North Korea. It is ostensibly the highest organ of state power and the only branch of government in North Korea, with all state organs subservient to it under the principle of unified ...

. In October 1980 he candidate member of the Central Committee of the

. In 1981 chairman, Administrative Economic Guidance Committee, Jagang Province. In 1982 he was once again elected as member of the Supreme People's Assembly and once again in the 1986 election. At the same year he became full member of the WPK Central Committee. In 1988 he became member of the Second Economic Committee. In November 1988 he became candidate member of the

Political Bureau A politburo () or political bureau is the highest organ of the central committee in communist parties. The term is also sometimes used to refer to similar organs in socialist and Islamist parties, such as the UK Labour Party's NEC or the Poli ...

. In December that year he became secretary of the

Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea The Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea, formerly known as the Executive Policy Bureau (2016–21), manages the work of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea, Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea and its Presidium of the Politb ...

. In May 1990 he became member of the and full member of the Politburo. In January 1992 he was appointed Head of the Heavy Industry Department of the WPK. In December 1993 he was dismissed from the Central People's Committee and appointed as chairman of the Budget Review Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly. In March 1994 he was appointed Head of the Economic Policy Inspection Department of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers' Party. In July 1994, following the sudden death of

Kim Il Sung Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as its first Supreme Leader (North Korean title), supreme leader from North Korea#Founding, its establishm ...

, he became a member of his funeral committee. He was elected to the 10th convocation of the

and appointed to its budget committee. In 1987 he was awarded

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 in ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Han, Song-ryong Workers' Party of Korea politicians Members of the Supreme People's Assembly 1923 births 2009 deaths People from Myongchon County