Kang Phyo-yong

Kang Phyo-yong (강표영) is a North Korean military officer and politician. He holds the rank of Lieutenant General in the Korean People's Army Ground Force. As of 2012^[update], he is a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Kang Phyo-yong
강표영
Member of the WPK Central Committee
Personal details
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea
Occupation	Military officer, politician

Kang Phyo-yong
Chosŏn'gŭl	강표영
Revised Romanization	Gang Pyoyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Kang P'yoyŏng

In this Korean name, the family name is Kang.

Career

In October 1995, Kang was promoted from Senior Colonel to Major General in the Korean People's Army.^[1] He was subsequently promoted to Lieutenant General, and in September 2010 he was elected to the politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea at the Congress of September 2010.

Kang served as a member of the national mourning committee upon the deaths of Jo Myong-rok in 2010^[2] and Kim Jong Il in December 2011.