Kim Myong-sik ( ko, 김명식) is a North Korean officer, he served as the commander of the Korean People's Navy.

Biography

Although his past life is unknown, it was confirmed in July 2009 that he became the commander of the East Sea Fleet. He was promoted to Lieutenant General of the People's Army in February 2012, but was demoted to Major General in March 2013, and was promoted to Lieutenant General again a month later. From April 2013 to April 2015, he served as commander of the Korean People's Navy. While serving as a naval commander, he was promoted in May 2014, but was demoted to Major General again in May 2016. Since March 2016, he has served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army. In 2019 he was elected to the 14th convocation of the

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. In 2017 he was promoted to admiral, re-appointed naval commander, and promoted to a member of the Party Central Committee. He was promoted to Admiral in 2019 and attended the 70th anniversary ceremony of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy in

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on April 23. On October 10, 2020, he led a navy parade column during the parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea. He retired from the post of naval commander at the 1st enlarged meeting of the 8th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea held on February 24, 2021 and was replaced by Kim Song-gil. In July 2021, he was demoted but returned to General rank in April 2022.

Awards and honors

A picture of Kim shows him wearing the ribbons to all decorations awarded to him.

References

Photo of Kim Myong-sik
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