Jon Pyong-ho

Jon Pyong-ho (전병호, 20 March 1926 – 7 July 2014) was a North Korean officer and politician who served as the Chief Secretary of the Korean Workers Party (KWP) Committee of the North Korean Cabinet, and director of the DPRK Cabinet Political Bureau before his retirement in 2010. Jon was described as the 'Chief architect of North Korea's nuclear programme'. Jon was a general of the Korean People's Army and a close adviser to the late Kim Jong-il.

Jon played a key role in the production and development of North Korean defense industry for more than four decades before retiring in 2011. Jon 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. Jon 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. Jon was sanctioned by the United Nations as a result of his involvement in the country's nuclear and missile weapons programmes.

He 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. He 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. In December 2011, he was named as one of the members of the funeral committee for the late supreme leader Kim Jong-il. He has been described as "a talented writer with an excellent knowledge of policy and process."

Death and funeral
On 7 July 2014 Jon Pyong-ho died of acute myocardial infarction at the age of 88. He was awarded a state funeral, attended by Kim Jong-un.

The funeral commission of Jon Pyong-ho, chaired by Kim Jong-un, was composed of the following individuals:


 * 1) Kim Jong-un
 * 2) Kim Yong-nam
 * 3) Pak Pong-ju
 * 4) Hwang Pyong-so
 * 5) Ri Yong-gil
 * 6) Hyon Yong-chol
 * 7) Kim Ki-nam
 * 8) Choe Tae-bok
 * 9) Choe Ryong-hae
 * 10) Pak To-chun
 * 11) Yang Hyong-sop
 * 12) Kang Sok-ju
 * 13) Ri Yong-mu
 * 14) O Kuk-ryol
 * 15) Kim Won-hong
 * 16) Kim Yang-gon
 * 17) Kim Phyong-hae
 * 18) Kwak Pom-gi
 * 19) O Su-yong
 * 20) Choe Pu-il
 * 21) Ro Tu-chol
 * 22) Jo Yon-jun
 * 23) Ri Il-hwan
 * 24) Kim Man-song
 * 25) Han Kwang-bok
 * 26) O Il-jong
 * 27) An Jong-su
 * 28) Kim Jong-im
 * 29) Kim Jung-hyop
 * 30) Han Kwang-sang
 * 31) Hong In-bom
 * 32) Kim Kyong-ok
 * 33) Ri Jae-il
 * 34) Choe Hwi
 * 35) Jon Il-chun
 * 36) Jong Myong-hak
 * 37) Kim Hi-taek
 * 38) Kang Kwan-il
 * 39) Hong Yong-chil
 * 40) Hong Sung-mu
 * 41) Jang Chang-ha
 * 42) Rim Chun-song
 * 43) Pyon In-son
 * 44) So Hong-chan
 * 45) Pak Yong-sik
 * 46) Ryom Chol-song
 * 47) Jo Kyong-chol
 * 48) Yun Tong-hyon
 * 49) Kang Phyo-yong
 * 50) Kim Hyong-ryong
 * 51) Kim Hyong-sik
 * 52) Ri Pyong-chol
 * 53) Kim Chun-sam
 * 54) Kim Yong-chol
 * 55) O Kum-chol
 * 56) Pak Jong-chon
 * 57) Kim Jong-gwan
 * 58) No Kwang-chol
 * 59) Tong Yong-il
 * 60) Ri Chang-han
 * 61) Ri Yong-ju
 * 62) Ri Gyu-man
 * 63) Jong Yong-hak
 * 64) Kim Thae-gu
 * 65) Rim Un-guk
 * 66) Kim Su-hak
 * 67) Pak Gwan-bok
 * 68) Yun Pyong-gwon
 * 69) An Ji-yong
 * 70) Ju Dong-chol
 * 71) Choe Jae-bok
 * 72) Kim Su-gil
 * 73) Tae Jong-su
 * 74) Pak Tae-song
 * 75) Ri Man-gon
 * 76) Jon Sung-hun
 * 77) Pak Yong-ho
 * 78) Pak Tae-dok
 * 79) Kim Chun-sop
 * 80) Pak Jong-nam
 * 81) Ri Sang-won
 * 82) Kang Yang-mo
 * 83) Rim Kyong-man
 * 84) Jo Chun Ryong
 * 85) Ju Kyu-chang
 * 86) Choe Chun-sik
 * 87) Ri Je-son
 * 88) Yu Jin
 * 89) Ri Song-hak

Awards and honors
A frame displaying Jon's decorations was placed at the foot of his bier during his funeral.