Kang Ki-sop (, died 2017) 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 T ...

n politician. He was the Director of North Korea's General Administration of Civil Aviation, and was an alternate member of the

Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea ( ko, 조선로동당 중앙위원회) is the highest party body between national meetings of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea. According to WPK rules, the ...

. He died in January 2017.

Career

He was appointed Director of the General Civil Aviation Administration in 2010. In September 2010, he was elected an alternate member of the

Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea ( ko, 조선로동당 중앙위원회) is the highest party body between national meetings of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea. According to WPK rules, the ...

. In April 2009, he became a delegate to the 12th session of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA). He was also a delegate to the 13th session of the SPA in 2014. Kang served as a member of the national mourning committee upon the death of Kim Jong-il in December 2011.

Awards and honors

A frame containing all decorations presented to Kang was displayed during his funeral. DPRK ribbon bar - Hero of the Republic V2

Hero of the DPRK PRK Order of Kim Il Sung BAR

Order of Kim Il-sung The Order of Kim Il-sung () is the highest order of North Korea, along with the Order of Kim Jong-il, and only second to one honorary title, the Hero of Labour. The order, named after the country's first leader Kim Il-sung, was instituted in 1 ...

PRK Order of the National Flag - 1st Class BAR

Order of the National Flag First Class, twice DPRK Order of Labor

Order of Korean Labour DPRK 20th Anniversary Order

Commemorative Order "20th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" DPRK 20th Anniversary Order

Commemorative Order "Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" Commemorative Order of the 60th Anniversary of the Korean People's Army ribbon

Commemorative Order of the 60th Anniversary of the Korean People's Army ribbon

Commemorative Order "60th Anniversary of the People's Army" KPA Foundation Commemorative Order

Commemorative Order "Anniversary of the Foundation of the People's Army" DPRK Order of Military Service Honor 1st Class

Order of Military Service Honour First Class PRK Order of the National Flag - 2nd Class BAR

Order of the National Flag Second Class, three times DPRK Order of Three Great Revolutions

Order of the Red Banner of Three Great Revolutions DPRK Order of Military Service Honor 2nd Class

Order of Military Service Honour Second Class DPRK Order of Military Service Honor 3rd Class

Order of Military Service Honour Third Class PRK Order of the National Flag - 3rd Class BAR

Order of the National Flag Third Class, three times DPRK Soldiers Honor Order 2nd Class

Soldier's Medal of Honour Second Class DPRK Military Merit Medal

Medal For Military Merit, twice DPRK Medal of Military Service Honor

Medal of Military Service Honour DPRK Parade Participant Medal

Commemorative Medal "Military Parade" FatherlandLiberationRibbon

Commemorative Medal "Fatherland Liberation"

References

External links

Korea Institute for National Unification biographical information for key North Korean figures, 2010
Year of birth missing North Korean politicians Aviation in North Korea 2017 deaths {{NorthKorea-politician-stub