Jong Myong-do ( ko, 정명도) is a North Korean politician and fleet admiral. He served as commander of the

Korean People's Navy The Korean People's Army Naval Force (KPANF; Korean: 조선인민군 해군; Hanja: 朝鮮人民軍海軍; ''Chosŏn-inmingun Haegun''; ) or the Korean People's Navy (KPN), is the naval service branch of the Korean People's Army, which conta ...

as well as member of the

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 ...

from the 10th convocation.

Biography

Little is known about the professional career of Jong Myong-do until 1997, when he was promoted to a two-star general. Member of the Supreme People's Assembly, the

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...

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, from the 10th convocation. In December 2007, he was promoted to the position of Navy Commander of the

with the promotion of three-star colonel general. He served in that role until July 2012, when he was replaced by Kim Myong-sik. From that moment, he appeared many times alongside Kim Jong-il during numerous visits to military units. In April 2010 he was awarded the rank of

four-star general A four-star rank is the rank of any four-star officer described by the NATO OF-9 code. Four-star officers are often the most senior commanders in the armed services, having ranks such as (full) admiral, (full) general, colonel general, army gen ...

. During the 3rd Workers' Party of Korea Conference on September 28, 2010, he was elected a member of the Central Military Commission, the body of the

Workers' Party of Korea The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is the founding and sole ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea. Founded in 1949 from the merger of the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of ...

responsible for military affairs, and also sat on the Central Committee for the first time. After the

death Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ...

of the Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-il in December 2011, Jong Myong-do was in 65th place in the 232-person Funeral Committee. This testified to the formal and actual belonging of Jŏng Myŏng to the close political leadership of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. According to specialists, places on such lists defined the rank of a politician in the hierarchy of the power apparatus.Tetsuya Hakoda
''All eyes set on Kim Jong Il's funeral committee list''
The Asahi Shimbun, 27 grudnia 2011, ostęp: 10 października 2012

References

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