Jang Kil-ryong (Korean: 장길룡) is a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He was Minister of Chemical Industry[1] in the Cabinet of North Korea and candidate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Jang Kil-ryong | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Chemical Industry | |
| 14th term | |
| In office 11 April 2019 – 18 January 2021 | |
| President | Kim Jong Un |
| Premier | Pak Pong-ju |
| Succeeded by | Ma Jong-son |
| 13th term | |
| In office 11 April 2019 – 11 April 2017 | |
| Chairman | Kim Jong Un |
| Premier | Pak Pong-ju |
| Preceded by | Ri Mu-yong |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Occupation | Politician |
Biography
editHe served as the director of the Hamhung branch of the National Academy of Sciences and the exterior materials research center of the Hamhung branch of the Academy of Sciences of North Korea. In April 2017, he was appointed to the Minister Chemical Industry in the Cabinet as a successor to Lim Mu-yong (리무영). In May 2016, during the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea he was elected as a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[2]
References
edit- ^ "In full: promotions and demotions at North Korea's 14th SPA". NK PRO. Korea Risk Group. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "北 노동당 정무국 신설, 위원장 김정은 추대". 《통일뉴스》. 2016년 5월 11일. 2018년 9월 13일에 확인함.
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