Kim Kwang-hyop

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Kim Kwang-hyop
Chief of the
Minister of People's Armed Forces
In office
September 1957 – 1962
Personal details
Born1915
Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea
Died1970(1970-00-00) (aged 54–55)
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Military service
Battles/wars
See battles

Korean independence movement

Chinese Civil War

World War II

Korean War

  • Battle of Chuncheon
  • Battle of Gangneung
  • Battle of Uljin-Pyeonghae
  • Battle of Mugeuk-ri
  • Battle of Dongnak-ri
  • Battle of Jincheon
  • Battle of Danyang
  • Battle of Yeongdeok-Ganggu
  • Battle of Pusan Perimeter
    • Battle of Cheonpyeong Valley
Kim Kwang-hyop (second row from top, second person from right) with the 88th Separate Rifle Brigade in 1943

Kim Kwang-hyop (

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly, North Korea). He served as Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army.[1]

Biography

He was born in

Japanese Empire, he became the commander of the military district of the Northeast Democratic Army of the pro-Soviet Provisional People's Committee of North Korea
.

At the onset of the

Minister of People's Armed Forces
.

Political offices
Preceded by
Choe Yong-gon
Minister of the People's Armed Forces

September 1957- October 1962
Succeeded by
Military offices
Preceded by
Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army

August 1953-September 1957
Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Communism in Korea: The society, p. 935
  2. ^ North Korea: How Did It Prepare for the 1950 Attack? in Army History No. 49 (Spring 2000), pp. 1-15