Choe Ryong-hae
| Choe Ryong-hae 최룡해 崔龍海 |
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Choe at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games
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| Member of the Politburo Presidium of Workers' Party of Korea | |
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Assumed office 12 April 2012 Serving with Kim Jong-un, Kim Yong-nam, Hwang Pyong-so, Pak Pong-ju |
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| Chairman | Kim Jong-un |
| Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of Workers' Party of Korea | |
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In office 11 April 2012 – April 2014 Serving with Ri Yong-ho (until July 2012) |
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| Chairman | Kim Jong-un |
| Vice Chairman of the National Defence Commission | |
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In office 9 April 2014 – 25 September 2014 Serving with Ri Yong-mu, O Kuk-ryol |
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| 1st Chairman | Kim Jong-un |
| Director of the General Political Bureau of Korean People's Army | |
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In office 12 April 2012 – 26 April 2014 |
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| Commander | Kim Jong-un |
| Preceded by | Jo Myong-rok |
| Succeeded by | Hwang Pyong-so |
| Personal details | |
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January 15, 1950 Sinchon County, South Hwanghae Province, North Korea |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Alma mater | Kim Il-sung University |
Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae (born 15 January 1950) is a North Korean politician and military official, serving as a member of the Politburo Presidium and Secretariat of Workers' Party of Korea. He also served as Kim Jong-un's military second-in-command.
Choe Ryong-hae was born in Sinchon County, South Hwanghae Province, on 15 January 1950 as the son of Choe Hyon, who served as defence minister of North Korea from 1968 to 1976. He joined the Korean People's Army in 1967 and graduated from the Kim Il-sung University as a political and economic expert.
In the 1980s, he was a leading member of the Socialist Working Youth League, being its vice-chairman from 1981 and chairman from 1986; when it was reformed into the Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League in 1996, he was appointed its first secretary. In 1986, he was also elected deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly, member of the SPA Presidium and full member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. In the 1990s, he also led the DPRK Soccer Association and the Taekwando Association of Korean Youth. He was awarded the title Hero of the DPRK in 1993. He was replaced as first secretary of the Youth League by Ri Il-hwan at the 14th plenary meeting of the league's Central Committee (January 1998), officially "for his illness".
After leading the youth league, Choe was deputy director of the General Affairs Department of the WPK Central Committee, then chief secretary of the Hwanghae Province Party Committee from 2006 to 2010. In September 2010, during the 3rd Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea, he was promoted to KPA General as well as member of the WPK Secretariat and Central Military Commission, and Politburo alternate member. He was also appointed secretary for military affairs.
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