Kim Song-gyu

Kim Song-gyu (Korean: 김성규, 1933 – August 24, 2010) was a military officer and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He successively served as the military director (estimated) of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the commander of the 8th Army Corps. He held the rank of General of the Army.

General Kim Song-gyu
Supreme Leader	Kim Jong Il
Personal details
Born	1933 Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	24 August 2010(2010-08-24) (aged 76–77)
Cause of death	Lung cancer
Citizenship	North Korean
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea
Military service
Allegiance	North Korea
Branch/service	Korean People's Army
Rank	General
Korean name
Hangul	김성규
Revised Romanization	Gim Seonggyu
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Sŏngkyu

Biography

He was born in 1933. He was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea at the 17th Plenary Session of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, which was held on January 5, 1990. He was promoted to general in 1992. Following the death of President Kim Il Sung on July 8, 1994, he was elected as a member of the funeral Commission. In October of the same year, he was appointed commander of the VIII Corps and was promoted to general in 1997.

When he participated in the central debriefing session commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Guard Corps held on January 14, 2009, he was reported as the head of the Party, and according to the South Korean media and Ministry of Unification documents, he was the director of the party's Central Committee Civil Defense department. He was presumed to have been appointed director or the military director of the Party Central Committee. Following his death, he was replaced by O Il-jong.

He died of lung cancer on August 24, 2010.