About Kim Song-gyu
Lived 1933 – 2010 (aged 76–77). Kim Song-gyu was a North Korean politician.
Kim Song-gyu (, 1933 – August 24, 2010) was a military officer and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He successively served as the military director (estimated) of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the commander of the 8th Army Corps. He held the rank of General of the Army.
Biography He was born in 1933. He was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea at the 17th Plenary Session of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, which was held on January 5, 1990. or the military director of the Party Central Committee. Following his death, he was replaced by O Il-jong.
He died of lung cancer on August 24, 2010.
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North Korean politician
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Kim Song-gyu was born in 1933.
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Kim Song-gyu died on 24 August 2010.
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