Kim Ik-hyon ( ko, 김익현/金益鉉, 1921 - 15 January 2009) 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 politician and military officer. He was member of the

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of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was elected to the 11th convocation of 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 ...

in 2003.

Biography

Born in 1922 on the Yellow Sea Road (now Yellow Sea North Road) under Japanese rule. After that, he joined the Tohoku Anti-Japanese Union Army and conducted anti-Japanese activities until 1945 in a unit led by Kim Il Sung. When the Japanese rule ended, in November 1945 he became chairman of the Korean Communist Youth Alliance. After that, he graduated from Kim Il-sung Higher Party School, and in 1951 he became the first regimental leader of the 2nd Division of the Korean People's Army and entered the Korean War. In 1968, he was elected a member of the 4th Central Committee of the WPK and a member of the 5th Central Committee of the WPK in 1970. In 1972 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and became Commander of the 4th Army. In December of the same year, he was elected as the a member of the 5th Convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly. After serving as Deputy Chief of Staff in 1975, he was promoted to senior general in 1977 and became Deputy Director of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces. Member of the

6th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea The 6th Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), officially the Central Military Commission of the 6th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was held in the ...

in May 1991, was elected Director of the Civil Defense Department of the WPK, and was promoted to general in November of the same year. He was awarded the Hero of the Republic in 1992 and in Day of the Sun 1994 he was promoted to the rank of

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. In 2003, he was appointed as an honorary censor of the High Command, and in 2005 he was dismissed as the director of the Civil Defense Department of the Central Committee. In September of the same year, he participated in the 60th Anniversary of the Victory Event held in China as the head of the "Japan Anti-Japan Revolutionary Fighters Delegation" and met with President

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. Kim Ik-hyon died in January 2009 after a long illness, aged 87Kim Ik Hyon dies
/ref> and was buried in a state funeral.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Ik-hyon Members of the Supreme People's Assembly Workers' Party of Korea politicians 1921 births 2009 deaths People of 88th Separate Rifle Brigade