Yun Tong-hyon | |
Office: | Member of the 7th Central Committee |
Term Start: | May 2016 |
1Namedata: | Kim Jong Un |
Office2: | Member of the Supreme People's Assembly |
Nationality: | Korean |
Citizenship: | North Korean |
Rank: | Sangjang (Colonel-general) |
Party: | Workers' Party of Korea |
Yun Tong-hyon is a North Korean general and politician. He is member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and member of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.
He became a colonel-general in 2014 by order of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of North Korea, Kim Jong Un.[1] In 1998 and 2003 he was elected to the 10th and 11th convocations of the Supreme People's Assembly, respectively. In 2016, following the decisions made by the 7th WPK Congress, he was elected to the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[2] [3] In April 2019 he was elected to the 14th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly, representing the Pongsusan (170th electoral district).[4]
He was a member of the funeral committee of Kim Chol-man, Jon Pyong-ho, Kim Yang-gon,[5] Ri Ul-sol,[6] Kim Yong-chun. Following the death of Kim Jong Il in December 2011, he was also a member of his 232-members funeral committee.[7]
A picture of Yun shows him wearing the ribbons to all decorations awarded to him.[8]