Yun Tong-hyon
{{Short description|North Korean general and politician}}
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Yun Tong-hyon ({{Korean|hangul=윤통현}}) is a North Korean general and politician. He is member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and member of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-12 |title=북 김정은, 최고인민회의 대의원 처음 빠져 |url=https://www.tongilnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=128110 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=통일뉴스 |language=ko}}
Biography
He became a colonel-general in 2014 by order of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of North Korea, Kim Jong Un.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nknews.org/2014/05/yun-tong-hyon-promoted-to-colonel-general/|title=Yun Tong Hyon promoted to colonel general|date=May 28, 2014|website=NK News}} In 1998 and 2003 he was elected to the 10th and 11th convocations of the Supreme People's Assembly, respectively. In 2016, following the decisions made by the 7th WPK Congress, he was elected to the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.{{Cite web | title = Official Report of Seventh Congress of the WPK | work=Naenara | access-date = 11 May 2016 | url = http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/news/news_view.php?0+96931 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160924225901/http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/news/news_view.php?0+96931 | archive-date=24 September 2016}}[http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?bbs=22045 Party leadership members elected] In April 2019 he was elected to the 14th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly, representing the Pongsusan (170th electoral district).{{Cite web |script-title=ko:북 김정은, 최고인민회의 대의원 처음 빠져: (추가) 북 언론, 687명 대의원 명단 발표...당 부위원장들 포함 (명단) |author=Jo Jung-hoon |work=Tongil News |date=12 March 2019 |access-date=18 March 2019 |url= http://www.tongilnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=128110 |language=ko }}
He was a member of the funeral committee of Kim Chol-man, Jon Pyong-ho, Kim Yang-gon,{{Cite web |title=Kim Yang Gon Funeral Committee |work=North Korea Leadership Watch |date=29 December 2015 |access-date=31 August 2018 |url= http://www.nkleadershipwatch.org/2015/12/29/kim-yang-gon-funeral-committee/ }} Ri Ul-sol,{{Cite web |title=Ri Ul Sol Funeral Committee: Who's On, Who's Not |work=North Korea Leadership Watch |date=9 November 2015 |access-date=31 August 2018 |url= https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2015/11/09/ri-ul-sol-funeral-committee-whos-on-whos-not/ }} Kim Yong-chun. Following the death of Kim Jong Il in December 2011, he was also a member of his 232-members funeral committee.{{cite web|url=https://www.nknews.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/KJI-Funeral-Rankings-comparison.xlsx|title=KJI Funeral Rankings comparison|work=NK News|date=December 2011|access-date=7 September 2018|at=Ranking|format=XLSX}}
Awards and honors
A picture of Yun shows him wearing the ribbons to all decorations awarded to him.{{Cite web |last=Grisafi |first=John |date=2014-05-28 |title=Yun Tong Hyon promoted to colonel general|url=https://www.nknews.org/2014/05/yun-tong-hyon-promoted-to-colonel-general/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=NK News |language=en-US}}
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