SD William Cohen meets with Jo Myong Rok in the Pentagon

Jo Myong-lok (12 July 1928 – 6 November 2010) was a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and ...

n military officer who held the military rank Chasu (Vice Marshal). In 1998, he was appointed First Vice-Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea, Director of the

Korean People's Army The Korean People's Army (KPA; ) is the military force of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Under the '' Songun'' policy, it is the central institution of North Korean society. Currently, WPK General S ...

General Political Bureau. Previously, he was the commander of the air defence forces.

Life and career

Jo was born in Yonsa County,

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province, on 12 July 1928 and he joined the

in December 1950."Profiles of Presidium and Members of Political Bureau"
, KCNA, 29 September 2010. He was a graduate of the Manchuria Aviation School and Soviet Air Academy. After serving as a pilot in the

Korean War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Korean War , partof = the Cold War and the Korean conflict , image = Korean War Montage 2.png , image_size = 300px , caption = Clockwise from top: ...

, Jo was promoted to

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in 1954 and

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in 1976. Meanwhile, he held other important posts, such as commanding officer of

Pyongyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populat ...

's Air Defence Command (1975–1977), and commanding officer of the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force from 1977 to 1995. At the 6th Party Congress in 1980, Jo Myong-rok was elected both member of the

6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea The 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was elected by the 6th Congress on 14 October 1980, and remained in session until the election of the 7th Central Committee on 9 May 2016. The Central Committee composition was replenished ...

(he was elected an alternate member of the 5th Central Committee in 1975) and the 6th Central Military Commission. In 1992 he was promoted to

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; in 1994 he was part of

Kim Il-sung Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...

's funeral committee; in 1995 he was promoted to

Vice Marshal Air vice-marshal (AVM) is a two-star air officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes ...

and director of the KPA General Political Bureau. He made a key speech commemorating the third anniversary of Kim Il-sung's death in special ceremonies on 8 July 1997. By 1998, when he was also appointed to the position of First Vice Chairman of the National Defence Commission, he was the second most powerful person in the country, ranking immediately beneath Kim Jong-il himself. In 2000, he traveled to Washington, D.C. on a goodwill mission. During the visit, he met with President

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, his counterpart

William Cohen William Sebastian Cohen (born August 28, 1940) is an American lawyer, author, and politician from the U.S. state of Maine. A Republican, Cohen served as both a member of the United States House of Representatives (1973–1979) and Senate (197 ...

, and Secretary of State

Madeleine Albright Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic ...

. He was the first North Korean official to visit the White House or meet a

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. The Clinton administration reciprocated by sending Albright to Pyongyang one week later to meet Kim Jong-il.

Death

On 6 November 2010, Jo died of a

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at the age of 82, one month after he was elected as member of the

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of the Political Bureau. His funeral committee was chaired by Kim Jong-il and attended by more than a hundred political and military figures, including

Kim Jong-un Kim Jong-un (; , ; born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician who has been Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is a son of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's se ...

and Supreme People's Assembly President Kim Yong-nam. He lay in state in the Central Workers' Hall (home of the

General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea The General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (GFTUK; ) is the sole legal trade union federation in North Korea. GFTUK was formed on November 30, 1945 as the General Federation of Trade Unions of North Korea. In January 1951, it was reorganize ...

) in

and was buried in the Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery. Against expectations, his successor was not elected at the 4th Session of the 12th

Supreme People's Assembly The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; ) is the unicameral legislature of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. It consists of one deputy from each of the DPRK's 687 constituencies, elected to five-year ...

in April 2011. There was speculation that Kim Jong-il was deliberately leaving the post vacant in order to promote his son, Kim Jong-un, when he was ready.

Funeral committee members

Jo's funeral committee consisted of: # Kim Jong-il #

# Kim Yong-nam #

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# Jo Kyong-chol # Pak Jae-gyong #

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# Choe Se-kwan #

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# Jon Chang-bok # O Kum-chol #

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# Kim Chol #

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# Kim In-sik # Sim Sang-dae # Tong Yong-il # Ri Pyong-sam #

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# Ri Chang-han # Ro Hung-se # Ri Tu-song # Im Jong-chun #

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# Kim Hyong-ryong # Kim Kyok-sik # Ri Yong-hwan # Kim Chun-sam # Ri Yong-gil #

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# Hyon Yong-chol #

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# Ri Pong-juk #

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# Ri Chun-il # Ri Thae-sop #

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# Jo Song-hwan # Pak Kwang-chol #

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# Ri Hi-su #

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# Son Chong-nam #

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# Ri Yong-min #

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Ju Sung-nam JU may refer to: Names and people * Joo (Korean name), surname and given name (including a list of people with the name) * Jū (鞠), Chinese surname * Ru (surname), romanized Ju in Wade–Giles * Ji Ju, a semi-legendary ancestor of the Zhou dy ...

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# Cha Myong-song # Hyon Pyong-mu #

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# Ri Sung-ho #

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# Ro Tu-chol #

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# Kim Yong-dae # Ryu Mi-yong # Ri Yong-su # Choe Hui-jong #

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# Kim Jong-im #

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# Ro Pae-kwon # Pak Thae-dok # Ju Yong-sik #

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# Kim Thae-bong #

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# Ri Ryong-nam # Kim Yong-chin # Ryu Yong-sop #

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# Jang Chol # Kim Ki-ryong # # Cha Sung-su #

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# Ri Yong-chol #

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# Jang Pyong-kyu #

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# Song Cha-rip

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