Kim Hyong-ryong () is a military officer and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (

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 borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

). He is a member of the Central Committee of 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 is a public diplomat of the

Korean People's Army The Korean People's Army (KPA; ) encompasses the combined military forces of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). The KPA consists of five branches: the Korean People's Army Ground Force, Ground Force, the Ko ...

. He also served as member of parliament in 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 ...

, North Korea's

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one. Unicameralism has become an increasingly common type of legislature, making up nearly ...

parliament.

Biography

He Graduated from Telecommunications Military School and

Kim Il-sung Military University Kim Il Sung Military University (also known as Kim Il Sung Military Academy) is a university located in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. Founded in 1948 and named after Kim Il Sung, founder of North Korea, the school is a po ...

. In April 1992, he was appointed Director of the

Ministry of People's Armed Forces The Ministry of Defence (, formerly 인민무력성/人民武力省 or Ministry of the People's Armed Forces) is the government agency under the State Affairs Commission tasked with general administrative and logistical coordination of the Kor ...

, and was appointed to the Chief of Communications of the

. He was promoted to Lieutenant General of the Korean People's Army in October 1995 and to

Colonel general Colonel general is a military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically General officer#Old European system, general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, ...

July 2003. 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

and to the 11th convocation in 2003. He was a member of the funeral committees at the time of the death of

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in 1995,

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in 2010, and following the death of

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in 2011.

Awards and honors

Kim could be seen wearing multiple decorations during a visit to Beijing. PRK Order of Kim Il Sung BAR

Order of Kim Il-sung PRK Order of the National Flag - 1st Class BAR

Order of the National Flag First Class, four times FreedomAndIndependence1Ribbon

Order of Freedom and Independence First Class DPRK Order of Labor

Order of Korean Labour, twice DPRK 20th Anniversary Order

Commemorative Order "Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" KPA Foundation Commemorative Order

Commemorative Order "Anniversary of the Foundation of the People's Army" DPRK Order of Military Service Honor 1st Class

Order of Military Service Honour First Class 30th Anniversary of the Publication of the Rural Theses Order ribbon

Commemorative Order "30th Anniversary of the Agricultural Presentation" PRK Order of the National Flag - 2nd Class BAR

Order of the National Flag Second Class, three times DPRK Order of Three Great Revolutions

Order of the Red Banner of Three Great Revolutions DPRK ribbon bar - Order of National Flag 3rd Class

Order of the National Flag Third Class, twice DPRK Order of Military Service Honor 3rd Class

Order of Military Service Honour Third Class Soldier's Medal of Honour Second Class DPRK 20th Anniversary Order

Commemorative Order "50th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" DPRK Military Merit Medal

Medal For Military Merit, three times

References

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