| Choe Yong-gon | |
|---|---|
| 최영건 | |
.webp) 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 Chonnae County, Kangwon Province, North Korea |
| Died | May 2015(2015-05-00) (aged 63) |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Known for | North Korean politician |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 최영건 |
| Hancha | 崔英健 |
| Revised Romanization | Choe Yeonggeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Yŏnggŏn |
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. In August 2015, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported that, according to a "source who demanded anonymity", he is believed to have been executed in May 2015 after opposing the policies of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un on forestry.
References
- 최영건(남성) (in Korean). Ministry of Unification. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- Paul French (13 August 2015). "What one more execution means in North Korea". Reuters. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015.
- Power, John. "Did Kim Jong-un Execute Another Minister?". The Diplomat. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- "North Korea vice-premier Choe Yong-gon 'executed'". BBC News. 14 August 2015.
- Parry, Lloyd (2017-02-04). "North Korea's head of secret police sacked". Retrieved 2017-02-04.
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