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Pak Jong-chon
Pak Jong-chon (Korean: 박정천) is a North Korean Marshal who is a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
In 2014, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Chief of Fire Command at the General Staff. However, he was demoted to Major General in 2015 and the Deputy Chief of Staff was fired.[citation needed] In 2016 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and was elected a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Director General of the General Staff Department. He was promoted to Colonel General in 2017. He was promoted to General of the Army on April 14, 2019, and was appointed Chief of Staff of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, having replaced Ri Yong-gil. The appointment is attributed to the successful launch of the new short-range ballistic missile as Artillery Director.[citation needed]
Pak also accompanied Kim Jong Un to the ceremony to the upgrading of the status of Samjiyon from a county (kun) status to a city which was described by the news as a socialist "paradise". He also has accompanied Kim Jong Un to Mt. Paektu and was seen riding near him on a horse.
On May 23, 2020, Pak was promoted to vice marshal. He is often considered a "rising star" in the North Korean power hierarchy.
On 5 October 2020, Pak was promoted to Marshal of the Korean People's Army.
He was reportedly stripped of his Marshal title and demoted to alternate Politburo member in June 2021, following an unspecified "grave incident". In September, however, he was promoted to member of the Politburo Presidium and transferred from his military role to a position as secretary of the Central Committee. On 25 April 2022 he was disclosed as a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea.
On 1 January 2023, he was removed as the vice chairman of the CMC. He was also dismissed as secretary of the Central Committee.
On 31 August 2023 Kim Jong-Un visited the Training Command Post of the KPA General Staff Department where he was accompanied by Defense Minister Kang Sun-Nam and Marshal Pak Jong-chon reappearing in military duties, some sources speculated that Pak was given the title Director of the Political Leadership over Military Affairs of the Central Committee of the WPK.
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Pak Jong-chon
Pak Jong-chon (Korean: 박정천) is a North Korean Marshal who is a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
In 2014, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Chief of Fire Command at the General Staff. However, he was demoted to Major General in 2015 and the Deputy Chief of Staff was fired.[citation needed] In 2016 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and was elected a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Director General of the General Staff Department. He was promoted to Colonel General in 2017. He was promoted to General of the Army on April 14, 2019, and was appointed Chief of Staff of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, having replaced Ri Yong-gil. The appointment is attributed to the successful launch of the new short-range ballistic missile as Artillery Director.[citation needed]
Pak also accompanied Kim Jong Un to the ceremony to the upgrading of the status of Samjiyon from a county (kun) status to a city which was described by the news as a socialist "paradise". He also has accompanied Kim Jong Un to Mt. Paektu and was seen riding near him on a horse.
On May 23, 2020, Pak was promoted to vice marshal. He is often considered a "rising star" in the North Korean power hierarchy.
On 5 October 2020, Pak was promoted to Marshal of the Korean People's Army.
He was reportedly stripped of his Marshal title and demoted to alternate Politburo member in June 2021, following an unspecified "grave incident". In September, however, he was promoted to member of the Politburo Presidium and transferred from his military role to a position as secretary of the Central Committee. On 25 April 2022 he was disclosed as a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea.
On 1 January 2023, he was removed as the vice chairman of the CMC. He was also dismissed as secretary of the Central Committee.
On 31 August 2023 Kim Jong-Un visited the Training Command Post of the KPA General Staff Department where he was accompanied by Defense Minister Kang Sun-Nam and Marshal Pak Jong-chon reappearing in military duties, some sources speculated that Pak was given the title Director of the Political Leadership over Military Affairs of the Central Committee of the WPK.