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

n military officer who held the military rank

Chasu ''Ch'asu'' () is a superior military rank of North Korea, often translated as Vice Marshal. The rank is senior to that of '' Daejang'' (General) and junior to that of '' Wonsu'' (Marshal). The rank is seldom bestowed upon the professional milit ...

(Vice Marshal). In 1998, he was appointed First Vice-Chairman of the

National Defence Commission of North Korea The National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (NDC) () was the highest state institution for military and national defence leadership in North Korea, which also served as the highest governing institution of the cou ...

, 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 Sec ...

General Political Bureau The General Political Bureau (GPB) is the internal politburo of the Korean People's Army (KPA), used by the leadership of the North Korean government to exert political control over the military. The GPB is subordinate to the Ministry of Defence ...

. Previously, he was the commander of the air defence forces.

Life and career

Jo was born in

Yonsa County Yŏnsa County is a ''kun'', or county, in North Hamgyong Province, North Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It was created following the division of Korea, being split off from Musan County, Musan county in the 1952 reorganization of local governmen ...

North Hamgyong North Hamgyong Province (Hamgyŏngbukdo, ) is the northernmost province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Hamgyong Province. Geography The province is bordered by China (Jilin) on the north, ...

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 , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

, Jo was promoted to

major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

in 1954 and

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

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 populatio ...

's Air Defence Command (1975–1977), and commanding officer of the

Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force The Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force (KPAAF; ; Hanja: 朝鮮人民軍航空 및 反航空軍 ) is the unified military aviation force of North Korea. It is the second largest branch of the Korean People's Army comprising an estimated ...

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 (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 u ...

and director of the

KPA General Political Bureau The General Political Bureau (GPB) is the internal politburo of the Korean People's Army (KPA), used by the leadership of the North Korean government to exert political control over the military. The GPB is subordinate to the Ministry of Defence ...

. He made a key speech commemorating the third anniversary of

Kim Il-sung's death Kim Il-sung died of a sudden heart attack on the early morning of 8 July 1994 at age 82. North Korea's government did not report the death for more than 34 hours after it occurred. An official mourning period was declared from 8–17 July, d ...

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 The National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (NDC) () was the highest state institution for military and national defence leadership in North Korea, which also served as the highest governing institution of the cou ...

, he was the second most powerful person in the country, ranking immediately beneath

Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-il (; ; ; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim;, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He led North Korea from the 1994 death of his father Kim ...

himself. In 2000, he traveled to

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on a goodwill mission. During the visit, he met with President

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...

, 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 (1979� ...

, 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

Death

On 6 November 2010, Jo died of a

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tr ...

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

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of the

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. 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 sec ...

and Supreme People's Assembly President

Kim Yong-nam Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese f ...

. He lay in state in the

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(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 reorganized ...

) in

and was buried in the

Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery The Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery is a national cemetery in North Korea located in Sinmi-ri, Hyongjesan-guyok, Pyongyang. Founded on September 17, 1986, it is officially reserved for people who contributed to the "liberation of the country" and "so ...

. Against expectations, his successor was not elected at the 4th Session of the 12th

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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: #

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# Ri Yong-ho #

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# Kim Ki-nam #

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Kang Sok-ju Kang Sok-ju ( ko, 강석주; ; August 29, 1939 – May 20, 2016
on

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# Ju Sang-song #

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# Kim Kyong-hui #

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# # Kim Chang-sop # Mun Kyong-dok #

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# Yun Jong-rin # Choe Sang-ryo #

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# Kim Yun-sim # Han Tong-gun #

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# Kim Myong-hwan #

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# Kim Su-hak #

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

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# Yang Tong-hun # Ri Pong-juk # Pak Sung-won # Ri Chun-il #

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# Ri Jong-rae # Ju Tong-chol # Kim Sung-guk # Ju Sung-nam # Jong Un-hak # Cha Myong-song #

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# Kim To-un # Ri Sung-ho #

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# Son Chol-ju # Jon Ha-chol #

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# Pak Su-gil #

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# O Il-jong #

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# Chae Hui-jong #

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# Ri Ryong-ha #

Pak Pong-ju Pak Pong-ju (; born 10 April 1939) is a North Korean politician who served as the Premier of North Korea from 2003 to 2007 and again from 2013 to 2019. He was elected a member of the Presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in 2016. Earl ...

# Jon Il-chun #

Kim Tong-il Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese fo ...

# Han Kwang-sang #

Jong Myong-hak Jong may refer to: Surname *Chung (Korean surname), spelled Jong in North Korea *Zhong (surname), spelled Jong in the Gwoyeu Romatzyh system *Common Dutch surname "de Jong"; see ** De Jong ** De Jonge ** De Jongh *Erica Jong (born 1942), Americ ...

# Kim Tong-i # Hong In-pom # Kang Yang-mo # Ri Man-gon # Ro Pae-kwon # Pak Thae-dok # Ju Yong-sik # O Su-yong # Kwak Pom-ki # Kim Hi-thaek # Rim Kyong-man # Paek Kye-ryong # Pak Ui-chun # Kim Hyong-sik # Kim Thae-bong # Jon Kil-su # Ri Mu-yong # An Jong-su # Ri Ryong-nam # Kim Yong-jin (politician), Kim Yong-chin # Ryu Yong-sop # Pak Myong-chol # Jang Chol # Kim Ki-ryong # # Cha Sung-su # Kim Jong-suk (politician), Kim Jong-suk # Ri Yong-chol # Kim Pyong-ryul # Jang Pyong-kyu # Ryang Man-gil # Song Cha-rip

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Jo Myong-rok, Envoy to U.S From North Korea, Dies at 82
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