Pyon In-son ( ko, 변인선, born 1946) is North Korean politician and military officer, colonel general and from March 2012 commander of the
4th Corps of the
Korean People's Army.
Biography
He received his general qualifications and the rank of major-general (kor. 소장) in 1992. He was promoted to the rank of two-star lieutenant-general (kor. 중장) on April 13, 1997. In July 2003 he was promoted to the rank of colonel general (kor coronation). Former commander of the
7th Corps of the Korean People's Army, in August 2011 he was appointed commander of the 4th Corps of the Korean People's Army, which is stationed in
South Hwanghae Province. He replaced General
Kim Kyok-sik in this position.
During the 3rd Korean Workers' Party of Korea Conference on September 28, 2010, he was elected a member of the
Central Committee
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of the
Workers' Party of Korea. Member of the
eleventh and
twelfth convocations 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 ...
, the North Korea's
unicameral parliament. After the
death of Kim Jong-il in December 2011, Pyon In-son was ranked 63rd in the
232-person Funeral Committee. According to specialists, places on such lists defined the rank of politician in the hierarchy of the power apparatus.
[Tetsuya Hakoda]
''All eyes set on Kim Jong Il's funeral committee list''
The Asahi Shimbun, 27 grudnia 2011, ostęp: 26 lipca 2012
In February 2012, he accompanied
Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un (; , ; born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician who has been Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is a son of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's sec ...
during the inspection of the 4th Corps barracks.
References
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North Korean generals
Members of the Supreme People's Assembly
Workers' Party of Korea politicians
1946 births
Living people
People from Pyongyang