General Jong Ho Gyun

General Jong Ho Gyun is an artillery commander in the Korean People’s Army, and possibly commands the Artillery Corps.  He is a third generation KPA leader, and member of the Party Central Committee (CC KWP) and the Central Military Commission.

Jong Ho Gyun was elected to candidate membership on the Party Central Committee at its 10^th plenum (6^th Term/6^th CC) in December 1984.  He was promoted to Lieutenant General and elected a deputy to the 8^th Supreme People’s Assembly in 1986.  In the 1980s Jong was division commander.

Jong was promoted Colonel General in April 1992.  He was assigned command of IX Army Corps in North Hamgyong in the early 1990s.  In 1997 he was assigned command of the 620^th Artillery Corps.

Jong was promoted to General in April 2010, on the occasion of the Day of the Sun.  It is believed in the ROK that General Jong replaced Artillery Corps Commander Ri Jong Bu who passed away in 2010.  Jong was elected to full membership on the CC KWP.

General Jong Ho Gyun

Artillery Commander, KPA

Member, Party Central Committee (CC KWP)

1984: Elected, Candidate Member, CC KWP

1986: Promoted Lieutenant General

Division Commander, North Hamgyong

Deputy, 8^th Supreme People’s Assembly

1990: Deputy, 9^th SPA

1992: Promoted, Colonel General

1994: Assigned command, IX Army Corps

1997: Assigned command, 620^th Artillery Corps

1998: Deputy, 10^th SPA

2003: Deputy, 11^th SPA

[HQ Assignment?]

2009: Deputy, 12^th SPA

2010: Promoted, General

Possibly, Artillery Commander, KPA

Elected, Member, CC KWP

Elected, Member, Party Central Military Commission

See also:

Gause, Ken. North Korean Civil-Military Trends: Military First Politics to a Point. (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute USAWC, 2006)

Yonhap News Agency. North Korea Handbook (Armonk, NY: ME Sharpe, 2003) p. 804