Choe_Yong-gon_(vice-premier)

Choe Yong-gon (vice-premier)

Choe Yong-gon (vice-premier)

North Korean politician (1951–2015)

Not to be confused with Choe Yong-gon (army commander).
In this Korean name, the family name is Choe.

Choe Yong-gon (Korean: 최영건; 11 December 1951 – May 2015) was one of the vice-premiers of North Korea and deputy minister of construction and building material industries. He appears to have disappeared from public life after December 2014.[2] In August 2015, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported that, according to a "source who demanded anonymity",[3] he is believed to have been executed in May 2015[4] after opposing the policies of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un on forestry.[5] He was 63. He had no children.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    최영건(남성) (in Korean). Ministry of Unification. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  2. [2]
    Paul French (13 August 2015). "What one more execution means in North Korea". Reuters. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015.
  3. [3]
    Power, John. "Did Kim Jong-un Execute Another Minister?". The Diplomat. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. [4]
    "North Korea vice-premier Choe Yong-gon 'executed'". BBC News. 14 August 2015.
  5. [5]
    Parry, Lloyd (2017-02-04). "North Korea's head of secret police sacked". Retrieved 2017-02-04.


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