Jon Mun-sop (November 24, 1919 – December 29, 1998) was a North Korean politician, member of the

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 ...

, the unicameral parliament of

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 Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

Biography

Jon was born in

Manchuria Manchuria is an exonym (derived from the endo demonym " Manchu") for a historical and geographic region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China (Inner Manchuria) and parts of the Russian Far East (Outer Manc ...

on November 24, 1919. He took part in the armed struggle against the Japanese colonial rule in Korea at age 18. With the establishment of the

Democratic People's Republic of 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 ...

and became a vice Minister of Public Safety in 1963, chairman of the Control Committee in 1972 and a party Politburo member in 1976. Since October 1980 he was member of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was Honorable one of four Vice Presidents of the Presidium of the 10th convocation of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jon, Mun-sop 1919 births 1998 deaths Korean communists Korean independence activists North Korean atheists Members of the Supreme People's Assembly Members of the 5th Political Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Members of the 6th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea Members of the 4th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Members of the 5th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Members of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea