Jon Jae-son explained

Jon Jae-son
1Namedata:Kim Jong Il
Birth Place:Korea, Empire of Japan
Nationality:Korean
Citizenship:North Korean
Rank: Ch'asu (Vice Marshal)
Alma Mater:Kim Il Sung Military University
Party:Workers' Party of Korea

Jon Jae-son (Korean: 전재선/全載善<ref>[http://world.kbs.co.kr/korean/event/nkorea_nuclear/people/who_detail_60.htm 전재선 (全載善)] KBS</ref> or 全在善<ref>[https://www.donga.com/news//article/all/20010418/7678023/1 [북한 김정일위원장, 군부대 사흘째 시찰]</ref>; born 1940) is an army general and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He is Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army.

Biography

Born in 1940 during the Japanese colonial rule, he graduated from Kim Il Sung Military University. In August 1981, he served as Deputy Chief of General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army, and was promoted to the commander V Corps in 1985.[1]

In February 1986, at the 11th plenum meeting of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, he was elected as a candidate member for the Central Committee of the Party. In April 1992, he was promoted to Captain of the People's Army, and in February 1994, he served as the General of the People's Army. In 1997 he was promoted to the rank of Vice Marshal. In September 2010, he was dismissed as a party commissioner.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cybernk.net/infoText/InfoHumanDetail.aspx?mc=EJ1001&hid=EJ100100229587 전재선(全載善)
  2. http://unibook.unikorea.go.kr/?sub_num=54&state=view&idx=632&sty=T&ste=%C3%D6%B9%E8%C1%F8 “통일부 북한자료센터 주요 인물 정보”. 통일부 북한자료센터. 2012년 1월 2일에 확인함.