Jang Kil-ryong

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Jang Kil-ryong
Minister of Chemical Industry
14th term
In office
11 April 2019 – 18 January 2021
PresidentKim Jong-un
PremierPak Pong-ju
Succeeded byMa Jong-son
13th term
In office
11 April 2019 – 11 April 2017
ChairmanKim Jong-un
PremierPak Pong-ju
Preceded byRi Mu-yong
Personal details
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
OccupationPolitician

Jang Kil-ryong (Korean: 장길룡) is a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He was Minister of Chemical Industry[1] in the Cabinet of North Korea and candidate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Biography[edit]

He served as the director of the Hamhung branch of the National Academy of Sciences and the exterior materials research center of the Hamhung branch of the Academy of Sciences of North Korea. In April 2017, he was appointed to the Minister Chemical Industry in the Cabinet as a successor to Lim Mu-yong (리무영). In May 2016, during the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea he was elected as a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "In full: promotions and demotions at North Korea's 14th SPA". NK PRO. Korea Risk Group. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. ^ “北 노동당 정무국 신설, 위원장 김정은 추대”. 《통일뉴스》. 2016년 5월 11일. 2018년 9월 13일에 확인함.