Honorific Prefix: | General |
Kwon Yong-jin | |
Office: | Director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army |
Term Start: | January 2021 |
Term End: | 2022 |
Predecessor: | Kim Su-gil |
Successor: | Jong Kyong-thaek |
Leader: | Kim Jong Un |
Birth Date: | Unknown |
Birth Place: | Pyongyang, North Korea |
Party: | Workers' Party of Korea |
Rank: | Army General |
Kwon Yong-jin (Korean: 권영진/權英進[1]) is a North Korean politician and military officer who currently serves as the director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army since January 2021.
Kwon Yong-jin was the director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA). He served in this post since he replaced Kim Su-gil in January 2021 until 2022. On 24 February 2021 Kwon Yong-jin alongside Minister of People's Armed Forces Kim Jong-Gwan were both promoted to the rank of Vice Marshal.[2] [3]
According to a KCTV video from February 6, 2022, Kwon became a General, an apparent demotion from his previous rank as a Vice Marshal.