Choe Yong-gon (vice-premier)
Choe Yong-gon | |
|---|---|
최영건 | |
.webp.png) Choe in 2004 | |
| Vice Premier of North Korea | |
| In office 2014–2015 | |
| Premier | Pak Pong-ju |
| Leader | Kim Jong Un |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 December 1951[1] Chonnae County, Kangwon Province, North Korea |
| Died | May 2015 (aged 63) Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Known for | North Korean politician |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 최영건 |
| Hancha | 崔英健 |
| Revised Romanization | Choe Yeonggeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Yŏnggŏn |
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]
References
- ^ 최영건(남성) (in Korean). Ministry of Unification. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Paul French (13 August 2015). "What one more execution means in North Korea". Reuters. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015.
- ^ Power, John. "Did Kim Jong-un Execute Another Minister?". The Diplomat. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "North Korea vice-premier Choe Yong-gon 'executed'". BBC News. 14 August 2015.
- ^ Parry, Lloyd (2017-02-04). "North Korea's head of secret police sacked". Retrieved 2017-02-04.