Kim Jong-gwan
Kim Jong-gwan | |
|---|---|
| File:Kim Jong Gwan.jpg | |
| Minister of Defence | |
| Assumed office December 2019 | |
| Supreme Leader | Kim Jong-un |
| Preceded by | No Kwang-chol |
| Personal details | |
| Born | North Korea |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  North Korea |
| Rank | .svg){kind=icon} Army General |
Kim Jong-gwan (Korean: 김정관) is a North Korean politician and military officer who is the Minister of People's Armed Forces since December 2019.
Biography
Kim is a General of the Korean People's Army and previously commanded the General Construction Bureau. In May 2016, he was appointed a member of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea at the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea.[1] In March 2009, he was elected the 12th convocation for the 334th district of the Supreme People's Assembly.[2] He was a member of the Funeral committee of Ri Ul-sol who died in August 2015 and Kim Yong-chun who died in August 2018.[3] In December 2019 he was appointed to the Minister of People's Armed Forces and promoted to General[4] and became also an alternate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
