Kim Pong-ryul

Kim Pong-ryul (Korean: 김봉률, born 1918 - died July 1995) was a North Korean general of the Korean People's Army who served as vice Minister of the People's Armed Forces as well as member of the Workers' Party of Korea, North Korea's ruling communist party. He held the rank of Vice Marshal.

Kim Pong-ryul
김봉률
Vice Minister of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces
LeaderKim Il-sung
Kim Jong-il
Personal details
Born1918
China
Died19 July 1995(1995-07-19) (aged 76–77)
Pyongyang, North Korea
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
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

Biography

Kim Pong-ryul participated in the war against Germany as a special armament of the former Soviet artillery during the Korean war, and returned to North Korea at the end of war in 1953. On December 1972 he was appointed Vice-Chief of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces. On December 1986 he became a member of the Central Committee of the party and on March 1995, a member of the Central Military Commission, a member of the National Defence Commission since May 1990. He was also a member of the Supreme People's Assembly for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th and 9th convocations. On April 20, 1992 he was promoted to the rank of Vice Marshal. He died in July 1995 of 'incurable disease'.[1]

References
  1. 인민무력부 부부장 김봉률 사망
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