Kim Song-chol () is a North Korean politician and officer of the Korean People's Army.

Biography

He served as deputy to 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 ...

. He also served as the commander of 105th Armored Corps based in

South Hwanghae Province South Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaenamdo; , lit. "south Yellow Sea province") is a province in western North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital i ...

. Following the 3rd WPK Conference he was elected to 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 was also elected to the 7th Central Committee in May 2016. He was a member of the funeral committee of

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 ...

in December 2011. In 2015 he was member of the funeral committee of Ri Ul-sol. In February 2012 he once again became colonel-general after being demoted some time before that.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) North Korean generals Members of the Supreme People's Assembly Members of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea {{NorthKorea-mil-bio-stub