Kim Ik-hyon
김익현
Member of the 6th Central Military Commission
LeaderKim Il Sung
Kim Jong Il
Personal details
Born1916
Kōkai-dō
Died15 January 2009(2009-01-15) (aged 87–88)
Pyongyang, North Korea
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
EducationKim Il-sung Higher Party School
Military service
Allegiance North Korea
Branch/service Korean People's Army
Rank Ch'asu (Vice Marshal)
Battles/warsChinese Civil War
Korean Independence Movement
World War II
Korean War

Kim Ik-hyon (Korean: 김익현/金益鉉,[1] 1916 - 15 January 2009) was a North Korean politician and military officer. He was member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[2] He was elected to the 11th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly in 2003.[3]

Biography

Born in 1916 in Hwanghae Province (now North Hwanghae Province) under Japanese rule. After that, he joined the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army and conducted anti-Japanese activities until 1945 in a unit led by Kim Il Sung. When the Japanese rule ended, in November 1945 he became chairman of the Korean Communist Youth Alliance. After that, he graduated from Kim Il-sung Higher Party School, and in 1951 he became the first regimental leader of the 2nd Division of the Korean People's Army and entered the Korean War. In 1968, he was elected a member of the 4th Central Committee of the WPK and a member of the 5th Central Committee of the WPK in 1970. In 1972 he was promoted to lieutenant general and became commander of the 4th Army. In December of the same year, he was elected as the a member of the 5th Convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly. After serving as deputy chief of staff in 1975, he was promoted to senior general in 1977 and became deputy director of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces.

Member of the 6th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea in May 1991, he was elected director of the Civil Defense Department of the WPK, and was promoted to general in November of the same year. He was awarded the Hero of the Republic in 1992 and in Day of the Sun 1994 he was promoted to the rank of Vice Marshal. In 2003, he was appointed an honorary censor of the High Command, and in 2005 he was dismissed as the director of the Civil Defense Department of the Central Committee. In September of the same year, he participated in the 60th Anniversary of the Victory Event held in China as the head of the "Anti-Japan Revolutionary Fighters(항일혁명투사)" and met with President Hu Jintao.

Kim Ik-hyon died in January 2009 after a long illness, aged 87[4] and was buried in a state funeral.

Works

References

  1. ^ "김정일체제 軍部 계속 득세-북한 권력구조 변화와 전망". JoongAng Ilbo. 1997-02-24.
  2. ^ p. 8, 13, 16, 44
  3. ^ 최고인민회의　제１１기　대의원선거결과에　대하여 (in Korean). Korean Central News Agency. 5 August 2003. Archived from the original on 8 August 2003. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. ^ Kim Ik Hyon dies
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