Jon Hui-jong

{{Short description|North Korean politician (1930–2020)}}

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Jon Hui-jong ({{Korean|전희정|labels=no}}, 5 March 1930 – 22 September 2020) was a North Korean politician and diplomat.{{Cite web |script-title=ko:전희정(남성)|script-work=ko:북한정보포털|publisher=통일부|access-date=15 March 2021 |url=https://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/theme/viewPeople.do?nkpmno=678 |language=ko }}{{Cite web|author=Ahn Sung-mi|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200922000645|title=NK’s former diplomat in charge of protocols in inter-Korean summits dies|work=The Korea Herald|date=22 September 2020|access-date=15 March 2021}}

Career

In 1968 he was temporarily the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim for the North Korean embassy in Cambodia. In 1972 he was the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim for Angola and Zaire. In 2001 he was the ambassador for North Korea in Egypt.

Honours

He received the Order of Kim Jong Il in 2012.

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