North Korean politician (1915–1970)
Kim Kwang-hyop (second row from top, second person from right) with the 88th Separate Rifle Brigade in 1943
Kim Kwang-hyop (Korean : 김광협 , 1915–1970) was an anti-Japanese activist and a military officer and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly, North Korea). He served as Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army.[ 1]
Biography
He was born in Hoeryong , North Hamgyong Province , in 1915. In 1930, at the age of 16, he moved to China and graduated from Huangpu Military Academy , where he worked as an anti-Japanese partisan . In 1935, he joined the Chinese Communist Party , and in 1940 he served as the second member of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army 's Second Army. After the fall of the Japanese Empire , he became the commander of the military district of the Northeast Democratic Army of the pro-Soviet Provisional People's Committee of North Korea .
At the onset of the Korean War he was the commander of the Second Army of the Korean People's Army.[ 2] After the armistice of the Korean War, he was promoted to the Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army . He served as a delegate to the Supreme People's Assembly in following the 1957 North Korean parliamentary election and from September that year until October 1962 he was also Minister of People's Armed Forces .
References
^ Communism in Korea: The society, p. 935
^ North Korea: How Did It Prepare for the 1950 Attack? in Army History No. 49 (Spring 2000), pp. 1-15