Jang Kil-ryong explained

Occupation:Politician
Office:Minister of Chemical Industry
Convocation:14th term
President:Kim Jong-un
Premier:Pak Pong-ju
Term Start:11 April 2019
Term End:18 January 2021
Successor:Ma Jong-son
Convocation1:13th term
1Blankname1:Chairman
1Namedata1:Kim Jong-un
2Blankname1:Premier
2Namedata1:Pak Pong-ju
Term End1:11 April 2017
Term Start1:11 April 2019
Predecessor1:Ri Mu-yong
Nationality:Korean
Citizenship:North Korean
Party:Workers' Party of Korea

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: In full: promotions and demotions at North Korea’s 14th SPA . Korea Risk Group . NK PRO . 12 April 2019 . 17 April 2019 .
  2. http://www.tongilnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=116571 “北 노동당 정무국 신설, 위원장 김정은 추대”. 《통일뉴스》. 2016년 5월 11일. 2018년 9월 13일에 확인함.