Kim Il-chol
| Kim Il-chol | |
 Kim Il-chol in 1995 | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 김일철 |
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Kim Il-cheol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Ilch'ŏl |
Kim Il-chol(김일철,1933 – September 2023) was a North Korean military officer who was a member of theNational Defence Commission[1]and Minister for Defence.[2]
Kim was born inPyongyangin 1933.[3]He graduated fromMangyongdae Revolutionary Schooland the Soviet Union Naval Academy.[3]Although the North Korean Army mainly depends on ground troops, Admiral Kim, who was commander of theKorean People's Navysince 1982,[4]was in 1998 installed in the highest military position, theMinister of the People's Armed Forces.This filled a vacancy left byChoe Kwang,who died in February 1997, and indicated that he was fully trusted byKim Jong-Il.Kim Il-chol participated as a senior delegate in the inter-Korean defense minister’s meeting held for the first time since thedivisionof theKorean peninsulain September 2000.[5]
Kim was appointed to the National Defence Commission in 1988. He was removed from all positions in 2010, reportedly due to his advanced age.[1]
Kim was a member of the Korea-China Association for Civil Exchange Promotion.[6]
Kim was awarded theHero of the Republic,Order of Kim Il-sung,and theOrder of the National Flag (1st Class).[7]
Kim died in September 2023, at the age of 90.[8]
References
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- ^Branford, Becky (16 January 2009)."Who will succeed N Korea's Kim Jong-il?".BBC News.Retrieved20 December2011.
- ^ab"Kim Il-chol".KBS World Radio.Retrieved29 October2012.
- ^Gause, Ken E. (2006).North Korean Civil-Military Trends: Military-First Politics to a Point(PDF).Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute. pp. 21–22.ISBN1-58487-257-8.
- ^Lim Jae-hyoung (2002)."The Power Hierarchy: North Korean Foreign Policy-Making Process"(PDF).East Asian Review.14(2): 89–106. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 15 May 2013.
- ^"Manoeuvres to Concoct" Human Rights Virus "Are Doomed to Failure".Ministry of Foreign Affairs (North Korea).Archived fromthe originalon 29 January 2021.Retrieved30 January2021.
- ^"북한지역정보넷".www.cybernk.net.Retrieved6 August2021.
- ^북한 김일철 전 인민무력부장 '신미리애국열사릉'에 안장(in Korean)
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