Kim Hyong-ryong

Kim Hyong-ryong is a military officer and politician of North Korea. He is a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and is a public diplomat of the Korean People's Army. He also served as member of parliament in the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.

Biography He Graduated from Telecommunications Military School and Kim Il Sung Military University. In April 1992, he was appointed Director of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, and was appointed to the Chief of Communications of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces. He was promoted to Lieutenant General of the Korean People's Army in October 1995 and to Colonel general July 2003. In September 2010, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. In 1998, he was elected a deputy to the 10th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly and to the 11th convocation in 2003. He was a member of the funeral committees at the time of the death of O Jin-u in 1995, Jo Myong-rok in 2010, and following the death of Kim Jong Il in 2011.

Awards and honors Kim could be seen wearing multiple decorations during a visit to Beijing.

80px Commemorative Order "Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea"

80px Commemorative Order "Anniversary of the Foundation of the People's Army"

80px Commemorative Order "30th Anniversary of the Agricultural Presentation"

80px Commemorative Order "50th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea"