Kim Pyong-ryul ( ko, 김병률; 1930- November 5, 2013) was a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( North Korea). President of the Supreme Court of North Korea and member of the 6th Political Bureau of the Workers' Party of Korea and served as a member of the Supreme People's Assembly and a member of its Legislative Committee.

Biography

In 1930, he was born in North Pyongan Province during the

Japanese occupation of Korea Between 1910 and 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan. Joseon, Joseon Korea had come into the Japanese sphere of influence with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876; a complex coalition of the Meiji period, Meiji government, military ...

. Graduated from the

Mangyongdae Revolutionary School Red Flag Mangyongdae Revolutionary School is an elite school in Mangyongdae district of Pyongyang, North Korea. Established in 1947, it is a special education school with access only to the Workers' Party of Korea, Korean People's Army, administra ...

and served as the escort 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 ...

during the Korean War. In November 1969, he was appointed to the Pyongan Province's party secretary, and in November 1970 he was elected to the party's Central Committee. In September 1974, he served as the chairman of the People's Committee of the Pyongan Province of North Korea, and in June 1985, he also served as the secretary of the provincial party committee of Pyongan Province. In December 1986, he became a member of the , the predecessor of the North Korean Cabinet. In January 1994, he became a political member of the

Supreme Guard Command Supreme Guard Command () (also known as Unit 963, the Escort Bureau, Guard Command, Guard Bureau and the General Guard Bureau) is the personal bodyguard force tasked with the protection of North Korea's ruling Kim family. The current Supreme Gua ...

, and in October 1995, became the leader of the People's Army of Korea. He was the President of the Supreme Court of North Korea from September 1998 until April 2014. “통일부 북한자료센터 주요 인물 정보”. 통일부 북한자료센터. 2012년 1월 1일에 확인함.
/ref> In September 2010, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. Starting with the 7th convocation n of the Supreme People's Assembly in 1972, he served as the 7th Delegation in 1982, the 8th in 1986, the 10th in 1998, and the 11th in 2003, and the 12th in April 2009. He was also a member of the Legislative Committee (10th-12th convocations). He was member of the funeral committees of

following his death in July 1994, O Jin-u in February 1995, Pak Song-chol in October 2008, Jo Myong-rok in November 2010, and Kim Jong Il following his death 2011.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Pyong-ryul Members of the Supreme People's Assembly Workers' Party of Korea politicians 1930 births 2013 deaths North Korean generals