Choe Yong-gon (vice-premier)

Choe Yong-gon
Choe Yong-gon
	최영건
Vice Premier of North Korea
	In office; 2014–2015
Premier	Pak Pong-ju
Leader	Kim Jong-un
Personal details
Born	11 December 1951[1]
Died	May 2015 (aged 63)
Cause of death	Execution
Citizenship	North Korean
Known for	North Korean politician
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	최영건
Hancha	崔英健
Revised Romanization	Choe Yeong-geon
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Yŏng-gŏn

Choe Yong-gon (Korean: 최영건; 11 December 1951 – May 2015) was one of the vice-premiers of North Korea and deputy minister of construction and building material industries. He appears to have disappeared from public life after December 2014.[2] In August 2015, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported that, according to a "source who demanded anonymity",[3] he is believed to have been executed in May 2015[4] after opposing the policies of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un on forestry.[5] He was 63.[5]

References

최영건(남성) (in Korean). Ministry of Unification. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
Paul French (13 August 2015). "What one more execution means in North Korea". Reuters.
Power, John. "Did Kim Jong-un Execute Another Minister?". The Diplomat. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
"North Korea vice-premier Choe Yong-gon 'executed'". BBC News. 14 August 2015.
Parry, Lloyd (2017-02-04). "North Korea's head of secret police sacked". Retrieved 2017-02-04.

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[1] 최영건(남성) (in Korean). Ministry of Unification. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[2] Paul French (13 August 2015). "What one more execution means in North Korea". Reuters.

[3] Power, John. "Did Kim Jong-un Execute Another Minister?". The Diplomat. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[4] "North Korea vice-premier Choe Yong-gon 'executed'". BBC News. 14 August 2015.

[:0-5] Parry, Lloyd (2017-02-04). "North Korea's head of secret police sacked". Retrieved 2017-02-04.