Choe Yong-gon (vice-premier) explained

Choe Yong-gon

Native Name:

최영건

Native Name Lang:

Office:

Vice Premier of North Korea

Term Start:

2014

Term End:

2015

Premier:

Pak Pong-ju

Leader:

Kim Jong-un

Birth Date:

11 December 1951^[1]

Birth Place:

Chonnae County, Kangwon Province, North Korea

Citizenship:

North Korean

Known For:

North Korean politician

Module:

Context:	north
Hangul:	최영건
Hanja:	崔英健
Mr:	Ch'oe Yŏng-gŏn
Rr:	Choe Yeong-geon
Child:	yes

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]

Notes and References

Web site: http://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/theme/viewPeople.do?nkpmno=7374 . ko:최영건(남성) . ko . Ministry of Unification . 24 July 2019.
Web site: What one more execution means in North Korea. https://web.archive.org/web/20150814204329/http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/08/13/what-one-more-execution-means-in-north-korea/. dead. 14 August 2015. 13 August 2015. Paul French. Reuters.
Web site: Power. John. Did Kim Jong-un Execute Another Minister?. The Diplomat. 27 August 2017.
Web site: North Korea vice-premier Choe Yong-gon 'executed'. 14 August 2015. BBC News.
News: North Korea's head of secret police sacked. Parry. Lloyd. 2017-02-04. en. registration . 2017-02-04.