Chu Sang-sŏng

Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl	주상 성
Revised Romanization	Ju Sang-seong
McCune- Reischauer	Chu Sang'sŏng
See also : Korean name

Chu Sang-sŏng is a North Korean military and politician.

Chu Sang-sŏng became a candidate of the Central Committee of the Labor Party of Korea in 1970 and a full member in 1991. In the Korean People's Army he became a colonel general in 1992 and a general in 1997 . In 2004 he was appointed Minister for People's Security. Even after the 2009 parliamentary elections , he remained in office in the second cabinet of Minister Council Chairman Kim Yŏng-il . As the People's Security Minister , he is also a member of the National Defense Commission , the de facto most powerful body in the country.

Web links

• Profile on the website of the South Korean Broadcasting Corporation ( KBS )

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Chu is the family name here, Sang-sŏng is the first name.