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Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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The Central Military Commission (CMC) is an organ of the KPA General Political Department, the KWP Military Department, and the KWP Machine-Building Department. The CMC also uses the KWP Civil Defense Department to transmit guidance and indoctrination of North Korea’s reserve military training units.

Contents

  • History 1
  • Current membership 2
  • References 3
  • See also 4

History

It was chaired by Kim Il-sung from its establishment in 1950 until his own death in 1994. Currently, its chairman is Kim Jong-un, who took over the post in acting capacity after the death of his father Kim Jong-il on 17 December 2011 and formally assumed the title on 11 April 2012.

The CMC lost authority in favor of the National Defence Commission, though its importance was re-asserted at the September 2010 Party Conference. At the conference, Kim Jong-il's son Kim Jong-un was elected vice-chairman (first in order of importance despite not being a Vice Marshal nor a Politburo member),[1] with the other vice-chairman being Ri Yong-ho, the Chief of the Korean People's Army General Staff, who served till his 2012 dismissal from military service.

Current membership

  1. Vice Marshal Kim Yong-chun, Head, WPK Civil Defence Department
  2. Vice Marshal Hyon Chol-hae
  3. General WPK Organization and Guidance Department
  4. General Kim Won-hong, Minister of State Security
  5. General Ri Pyong-chol, Commander, KPA Air Force
  6. General Choe Pu-il, Minister of People's Security
  7. General Yun Jong Rin, Commander, Supreme Guard Command
  8. General Kim Yong-chol, Director, NDC Reconnaissance General Bureau
  9. General Kim Kyok-sik, Chief of the KPA General Staff
  10. Colonel General Choe Kyong-song, Commander, 11th Army Corps
  11. Colonel General Ri Yong-gil, Chief of the KPA General Staff Operations Bureau
  12. Colonel General Jang Jong-nam, Minister of the People's Armed Forces
  13. Lieutenant General Kim Rak-gyom, Commander, Strategic Rocket Forces
  14. Ju Kyu-chang, Head, WPK Machine-Building Industry Department

References

  1. ^ Choe, Sang-hun (September 30, 2011). "North Korea’s ‘Dear Young General’ Has Made His Mark". New York Times. Retrieved 19 December 2011. 

See also

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