Jon Mun-sop


Jon Mun-sop was a North Korean politician, member of the Supreme People's Assembly, the unicameral parliament of North Korea.

Biography

Jon was born in Manchuria on November 24, 1919. He took part in the armed struggle against the Japanese colonial rule in Korea at age 18. With the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and became a vice Minister of Public Safety in 1963, chairman of the Control Committee in 1972 and a party Politburo member in 1976. Since October 1980 he was member of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was Honorable one of four Vice Presidents of the Presidium of the 10th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly.

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