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Hyon Yong Chol 현영철

defence minister

executedDied aged 62

Hyon Yong-chol was a North Korean general and Workers' Party of Korea politician. He served as Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2015. Wikipedia

Born
1953-01-11, Kyongsong County
Died
2015-04-30, Kang Kon Military Academy, Sunan, Pyongyang (Execution by anti-aircraft artillery (ZPU-4) for insubordination)
Height
Unknown
Weight
Unknown
Military rank
General of the army
Status as of
2015-04-30source
Also known as
Hyon Yong-chol, General Hyon

Positions

  1. 2014–2015Minister of People's Armed Forces · Ministry of National Defencesource
  2. 2012–2013Chief of the General Staff Department · KPA General Staff Departmentsource
  3. ?–nowdefence ministersource

Notable

  • 2015-05 Briefed by the South Korean National Intelligence Service as having been executed by anti-aircraft gunfire on April 30, 2015 for dozing off at an event and talking back to Kim Jong Un.source

Machine-readable: /api/people/hyon-yong-chol · Wikidata Q702412 · Photo: KCNA via Ministry of Unification North Korea Information Portal (Fair use)