Park Young Sik is a DPRK military, party, and statesman. Since 2015 - Minister of People’s Armed Forces of the DPRK. Army General
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| box 박영식 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Predecessor | Hyun Young Chul | |||||||||||||||||
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| The consignment | TPK | |||||||||||||||||
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| Affiliation |  DPRK | |||||||||||||||||
| Rank |  KPA Army General | |||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 박영식 |
| McCune - Reischauer | Bak yeongsik |
| New romanization | Pak Yŏngsik |
Biography
He worked in the Ministry of State Security of the DPRK and led the commission on the search for missing Japanese citizens. He served as first deputy chief of the Main Political Administration of the Korean People’s Army [1] .
Since April 15, 2009 - Major General . In April 2014 he received the rank of Colonel General [2] .
Since July 2015 - Minister of the People’s Armed Forces of the DPRK [3] . Army General
Military ranks
| major general | Colonel General | army General |
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| 2009 | 2014 | 2015 |
Notes
- ↑ Blow to Songun. Pak Yong Sik (unavailable link) was appointed the new Minister of War . Date of treatment September 26, 2015. Archived September 30, 2015.
- ↑ Media: General Park Jon Sik became Minister of the People’s Armed Forces of the DPRK - RIA Novosti
- ↑ DPRK Press Confirms Park Young Sik's Appointment as New Secretary of Defense - TASS