1. Jon Pyong-ho was a North Korean officer and politician who served as the Chief Secretary of the Korean Workers Party Committee of the North Korean Cabinet, and director of the DPRK Cabinet Political Bureau before his retirement in 2010.
10 Facts About Jon Pyong-ho
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Jon Pyong-ho played a key role in the production and development of North Korean defense industry for more than four decades before retiring in 2011.
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Jon Pyong-ho supervised the development of the country's long-range ballistic missile programmes and was involved with its first test of a nuclear device in 2006 directly.
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Jon Pyong-ho was reported to help broker a deal with Pakistan during the 1990s that gave North Korea critical technology for its uranium enrichment programme in exchange for North Korea's missile technology.
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Jon Pyong-ho was sanctioned by the United Nations as a result of his involvement in the country's nuclear and missile weapons programmes.
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Jon Pyong-ho was born in Musan County, in North Hamgyong Province, and was educated at the Ural Engineering College in the Soviet Union, where he graduated in 1950.
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Jon Pyong-ho has since held a number of positions within the North Korean military and government, and was appointed member of the National Defense Commission in February 2009.
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On 7 July 2014 Jon Pyong-ho died of acute myocardial infarction at the age of 88.
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Jon Pyong-ho was awarded a state funeral, attended by Kim Jong-un.
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The funeral commission of Jon Pyong-ho, chaired by Kim Jong-un, was composed of the following individuals:.