Choe Sang-ryo

Choe Sang-ryo (Korean: 최상려) is a North Korean politician and a Colonel general of the Korean people's Army. He is a member of Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and served as a member of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Choe.
Choe Sang-ryo
Member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK
Supreme LeaderKim Jong-il
Kim Jong-un
Personal details
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Military service
Allegiance North Korea
Branch/service Korean People's Army
Rank Sangjang (Colonel-general)

Biography

In April 1992 he was promoted to Major General. He was promoted to lieutenant general in April 1997. In 1998 he became a member of the 10th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly for the 658th electoral district.[1]

In April 2010 he was awarded the rank of a three-star colonel general (Sangjang). During the 3rd Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea on September 28, 2010, he was elected a member of the Central Military Commission of the PPK Central Committee, the most important body of the Korean Labor Party responsible for military affairs, and also sat on the Central Committee for the first time.

In 1997 he was member of the funeral committee of Minister of Defense, Choe Kwang[2]. In November 2010 he was a member of the funeral committee of Jon Myong-rok. After the death of Kim Jong-il in December 2011, Choe Sang-ryo was in 67th place in the 233-person Funeral Committee[3].

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References
  1. 전현준 (March 2009). 북한의 제12기 최고인민회의 대의원 선거 결과 분석. 통일정세분석 2009-04. Korea Institute for National Unification.
  2. 북한 인민무력부장 崔光 사망. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 22 February 1997. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. "KJI Funeral Rankings comparison" (XLSX). NK News. December 2011. Ranking. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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