Choe Yong-gon (vice-premier)

Not to be confused with Choe Yong-gon (army commander).

In this Korean name, the family name is Choe.

Choe Yong-gon (Korean: 최영건; 11 December 1951 – May 2015) was one of the vice-premiers of North Korea and deputy minister of construction and building material industries. He appears to have disappeared from public life after December 2014.^[2] In August 2015, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported that, according to a "source who demanded anonymity",^[3] he is believed to have been executed in May 2015^[4] after opposing the policies of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un on forestry.^[5]

Choe Yong-gon
최영건
Choe in 2004
Vice Premier of North Korea
In office 2014–2015
Premier	Pak Pong-ju
Leader	Kim Jong Un
Personal details
Born	11 December 1951[1] Chonnae County, Kangwon Province, North Korea
Died	May 2015(2015-05-00) (aged 63) Pyongyang, North Korea
Cause of death	Execution
Citizenship	North Korean
Known for	North Korean politician
Korean name
Hangul	최영건
Hanja	崔英健
RR	Choe Yeonggeon
MR	Ch'oe Yŏnggŏn