Kim Pong-ryul (; 1918 – July 1995) was a North Korean general 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 ...

who served as vice Minister of the People's Armed Forces as well as member 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 ...

, North Korea's ruling communist party. He held the rank of Vice Marshal.

Biography

Kim Pong-ryul participated in the war against Germany as a special armament of the former Soviet artillery during the

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, and returned to North Korea at the end of war in 1953. In December 1972 he was appointed Vice-Chief of the

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. In December 1986 he became a member of the Central Committee of the party and in March 1995, a member of the

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, a member of the

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since May 1990. He was also a member of the

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for the 3rd,

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, 5th,

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and 9th convocations. On April 20, 1992, he was promoted to the rank of Vice Marshal. He died in July 1995 of 'incurable disease'.인민무력부 부부장 김봉률 사망
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Pong-ryul Members of the Supreme People's Assembly Workers' Party of Korea politicians North Korean generals 1918 births 1995 deaths People of 88th Separate Rifle Brigade Korean expatriates in the Soviet Union