Kim Ik-hyon
Kim Ik-hyon | |
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| 김익현 | |
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| Member of the 6th Central Military Commission | |
| Leader | Kim Il Sung Kim Jong Il |
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| Born | 1916 |
Kim Ik-hyon (Korean: 김익현; Hanja: 金益鉉,[1] 1916 - 15 January 2009) was a North Korean politician and military officer. He was member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[2] He was elected to the 11th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly in 2003.[3]
Biography
Born in 1916 in
Member of the 6th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea in May 1991, he was elected director of the Civil Defense Department of the WPK, and was promoted to general in November of the same year. He was awarded the Hero of the Republic in 1992 and in Day of the Sun 1994 he was promoted to the rank of Vice Marshal. In 2003, he was appointed an honorary censor of the High Command, and in 2005 he was dismissed as the director of the Civil Defense Department of the Central Committee. In September of the same year, he participated in the 60th Anniversary of the Victory Event held in China as the head of the "Anti-Japan Revolutionary Fighters(항일혁명투사)" and met with President Hu Jintao.
Kim Ik-hyon died in January 2009 after a long illness, aged 87[4] and was buried in a state funeral.
Works
- Kim Ik-hyon (1987). The Immortal Woman Revolutionary. Vol. 1. Pyongyang: OCLC 769327670.
- — (1989). The Immortal Woman Revolutionary. Vol. 2. Pyongyang: OCLC 769737236.
- — (1995). The Immortal Woman Revolutionary. Vol. 3. Pyongyang: OCLC 769974881.
References
- ^ "김정일체제 軍部 계속 득세-북한 권력구조 변화와 전망". JoongAng Ilbo. 1997-02-24.
- ^ p. 8, 13, 16, 44
- ^ 최고인민회의 제１１기 대의원선거결과에 대하여 (in Korean). Korean Central News Agency. 5 August 2003. Archived from the original on 8 August 2003. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ Kim Ik Hyon dies
