Kim Ik-hyon

Kim Ik-hyon (Korean: 김익현, 1921 - 15 January 2009) was a North Korean politician and military officer. He was member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[1] He was elected to the 11th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly in 2003.[2]

For the South Korean footballer, see Kim Ik-hyun.
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Ik-hyon
김익현
Member of the WPK Central Military Commission
LeaderKim Il-sung
Kim Jong-il
Personal details
Born1922
China
Died15 January 2009(2009-01-15) (aged 87–88)
Pyongyang, North Korea
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
EducationKim Il-sung Higher Party School
Military service
Allegiance North Korea
Branch/service Korean People's Army
Rank Ch'asu (Vice Marshal)
Battles/warsChinese Civil War
Korean Independence Movement
World War II
Korean War

Biography

Born in 1922 on the Yellow Sea Road (now Yellow Sea North Road) under Japanese rule. After that, he joined the Tohoku Anti-Japanese Union Army and conducted anti-Japanese activities until 1945 in a unit led by Kim Il Sung. When the Japanese rule ended, in November 1945 he became chairman of the Korean Communist Youth Alliance. After that, he graduated from Kim Il-sung Higher Party School, and in 1951 he became the first regimental leader of the 2nd Division of the Korean People's Army and entered the Korean War. In 1968, he was elected a member of the Central Committee of the WPK Central Committee and a member of the Party Central Committee in 1970. In 1972 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and became Commander of the 4th Army. In December of the same year, he was elected as the a member of the 5th Convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly. After serving as Deputy Chief of Staff in 1975, he was promoted to senior general in 1977 and became Deputy Director of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces.

Member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea in May 1991, 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 as 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 "Japan Anti-Japan Revolutionary Fighters Delegation" and met with President Hu Jintao.

Kim Ik-hyon died in January 2009 after a long illness, aged 87 and was buried in a state funeral.[3]

Works
  • Kim Ik-hyon (1987). The Immortal Woman Revolutionary. 1. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 769327670.
  • — (1989). The Immortal Woman Revolutionary. 2. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 769737236.
  • — (1995). The Immortal Woman Revolutionary. 3. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 769974881.

References
  1. p. 8, 13, 16, 44
  2. 최고인민회의　제１１기　대의원선거결과에　대하여 (in Korean). KCNA. 5 August 2003. Archived from the original on 8 August 2003. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. Kim Ik Hyon dies
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