O Il-jong

O Il-jong (Korean: 오일정 (born 1954) is a North Korean politician and three-star general (kor. 상장) of the Korean People's Army.

In this Korean name, the family name is O.
O Il-jong
Supreme LeaderKim Jong-il
Personal details
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Alma materKim Il-sung University
Kim Il-sung Military University
Military service
Allegiance North Korea
Branch/service Korean People's Army
Rank Sangjang (Colonel-general)

Biography

O Il-jong was born in 1954. A graduate of economics at the Kim Il-sung University and Kim Il-sung Military University (he graduated from the Academy only in the 90s). He is the son of O Jin-u, the Minister of the Defense of the North Korea who died in 1995, who for years was one of Kim Il-sung closest associates and one of the most important figures in the North Korean political system.

In the 1980s, O Il-jong worked in diplomacy, he was the military attaché of the DPRK embassy in Egypt. Then, from 1985, he worked at a state-owned foreign trade company. In 1989 he became the commander of the regiment and then a brigade. He received the general nomination for the rank of major-general (kor. 소장) in April 1992. From November 1994 he was the commander of the 26th Division in the 4th Corps of the Korean People's Army.

During the 3rd Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea on September 28, 2010, he was appointed director of the Military Department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, replacing Kim Song-gyu), was promoted to a two-star Major-General, And was also a member of the Central Committee for the first time. In April 2011 he was promoted to the rank of colonel general.

After the death of Kim Jong-il in December 2011, O Il Jŏng found himself on the high, 40th place in the 233-person Funeral Committee.[1]

It was reported in January of 2017, that O Il-jong along with his two other brothers who are O Il-hun and O Il-su had been purged by Kim Jong-un for an unknown reason. It shocked observers that the three were purged as usually decedents of respected people within the DPRK government tend to be looked after and considering how revered O Jin-u was in order to be honored 20 years after his death with the title of "Revolutionary Martyr".[2]

References
  1. "KJI Funeral Rankings comparison" (XLSX). NK News. December 2011. Ranking. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3029094


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