O Il-jong
O Il-jong | |
|---|---|
| Director of theCCMilitary Department | |
| Leader | Kim Jong-un |
| Supreme Leader | Kim Jong-il |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Pyongyang,North Korea |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Parent |
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| Alma mater | Kim Il-sung University Kim Il-sung Military University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  North Korea |
| Branch/service |  Korean People's Army |
| Rank |  General |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 오일정 |
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | O Iljeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | O Ilchŏng |
O Il-jong(Korean:오일정,born 1954) is a North Korean politician and four-star general (대장) of the Korean People's Army.
Biography
[edit]O Il-jong was born in 1954 inPyongyang.[2]A graduate of economics at the Kim Il-sung University and Kim Il-sung Military University (he graduated from the academy only in the 90s). He is the third son ofO Jin-u,theMinister of the Defense of the North Koreawho died in 1995, who for years was one of Kim Il-sung's closest associates and one of the most important figures in the North Korean political system.
In the 1980s, O Il-jong worked in diplomacy, he was the military attaché of the DPRK embassy in Egypt. Then, from 1985, he worked at a state-owned foreign trade company. In 1989 he became the commander of the regiment and then a brigade. He received the general nomination for the rank of major-general (소장) in April 1992. From November 1994 he was the commander of the 26th Division in the4th Corpsof the Korean People's Army.
During the3rd Conference of the Workers' Party of Koreaon September 28, 2010, he was appointed director of theMilitary Departmentof theWPK Central Committee,(replacingKim Song-gyu), was promoted to a two-star Major-General, and was also a member of the Central Committee for the first time. In April 2011 he was promoted to the rank of colonel general.
After the death ofKim Jong-ilin December 2011, O Il-jong found himself on the high, 40th place in the232-person Funeral Committee.[3]
Around the end of 2019 at the 5th plenary of the7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea,he was believed to have replacedChoe Pu-ilas the director of the Military Department.[4]On 10 January 2021, O Il-jong was elected as a member of thePolitburo of the Workers' Party of Korea.[5]
He was promoted to afour star generalon 14 April 2022, by order ofKim Jong Un.[6]
References
[edit]- ^"오일정 ( Ngô ngày tinh )O Il Jong".Archived from the original on 2021-05-08.Retrieved2023-09-30.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ab오일정(남성)).북한정보포털(in Korean). 통일부.Retrieved6 March2021.
- ^"KJI Funeral Rankings comparison"(XLSX).NK News.December 2011. Ranking.Retrieved7 September2018.
- ^"북한정보포털 | 북한 지식사전(2021)".nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr.Retrieved2024-05-25.
- ^"민주조선 | 조선민주주의인민공화국 최고인민회의 상임위원회 및 내각기관지".minzu.rep.kp.Retrieved2024-05-25.
- ^"민주조선 | 조선민주주의인민공화국 최고인민회의 상임위원회 및 내각기관지".minzu.rep.kp.Retrieved2024-05-25.
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