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| name = Yon Hyong-muk
| name = Yon Hyong-muk
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| office = [[Prime Minister of North Korea]]
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| predecessor = [[Li Gun-mo]]
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| successor = [[Kang Song-san]]
| birth_date = November 3, 1931
| birth_date = 3 November 1931
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| death_date = October 23, 2005
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| office = [[Premier of North Korea]]
| term_start = December 12, 1988
| term_start = 11 December 1988
| term_end = December 11, 1992
| term_end = 11 December 1992
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| predecessor = [[Li Gun-mo]]
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| successor = [[Kang Song-san]]
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'''Yon Hyong-muk''', also spelt as '''Yong Hyong-muk''' (November 3, 1931 – October 23, 2005) was a longserving politician in [[North Korea]] and at the height of his career the most powerful person in that country outside the [[Kim Il-sung|Kim family]]. He was [[premier]] of North Korea from 1989 to 1992.
'''Yon Hyong-muk''', also spelt as '''Yong Hyong-muk''' (November 3, 1931 – October 23, 2005) was a long-serving politician in [[North Korea]] and at the height of his career the most powerful person in that country outside the [[Kim Il-sung|Kim family]]. He was [[Prime Minister of North Korea]] from 1988 to 1992.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA481&dq=Yon+Hyong-muk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDgefkzsDTAhWlC8AKHXImDlQQ6AEIWTAK#v=onepage&q=Yon%20Hyong-muk&f=false|title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945|last=Lentz|first=Harris M.|date=2014-02-04|publisher=Routledge|year=|isbn=9781134264902|location=|pages=481|language=en}}</ref>

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He was born in [[Kyongwon County]] and had a strong revolutionary background in his family. Although details about his early childhood are not well known, it is known than Yon was educated in [[Czechoslovakia]] and by the 1950s, he was firmly established within the hierarchy of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]], which became the only political party in North Korea after the [[Korean War]] ended. By 1968, after one of several [[purge|purges]] to occur during Kim Il Sung's long reign, Yon was established as one of Kim's most trusted comrades and had become a secretary of the Central Committee of the Party.


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He was born in [[Kyongwon County]] and had a strong revolutionary background in his family. He was educated locally and employed as a farm worker.<ref name=":0" /> Yon was educated in [[Czechoslovakia]] and by the 1950s, he was firmly established within the hierarchy of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]]. In 1967 he was selected as a deputy to the [[Supreme People's Assembly]].<ref name=":0" />
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During the 1970s, Yon further advanced in the Party and by the middle 1980s he was regarded as the fourth most powerful person in North Korea after Kim Il-sung, [[Kim Jong-il]], and veteran marshal and defence minister [[O Chin-u]]. He was a candidate member of the [[Politburo]] from the early 1980s and became [[premier]] of North Korea in 1989 . During this era, Yon served as Minister of Heavy Industry and this cemented his major role in the North's large [[armaments]] sector.


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During the 1970s, Yon further advanced in the Party and by the middle 1980s he was regarded as the fourth most powerful person in North Korea after Kim Il-sung, [[Kim Jong-il]], and veteran marshal and defence minister [[O Chin-u]]. He was a candidate member of the [[Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea|Politburo]] from the early 1980s and became Prime Minister of North Korea in 1989. During this era, Yon served as Minister of Heavy Industry and this consolidated his role in the North's large [[armaments]] sector.
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In this period, as [[Kim Il-sung]] and [[O Chin-u]] were both already past eighty, Yon took an important role in relations between North and [[South Korea]]. He worked quite hard in this field as premier and was regarded as the chief negotiator behind the ''Agreement on Reconciliation, Nonaggression, Exchanges, and Cooperation'' (a.k.a. the "South-North Basic Agreement") of 1991. For the rest of the 1990s, Yon was the chief figure behind efforts to reconcile the two Koreas. However, by the 2000s, Yon was declining in health and his role in North Korean politics had become largely ceremonial by the time he died - presumably of [[pancreatic cancer]] for which he had received treatment in [[Russia]] in 2004 at the prestigious hospital, the well protected VIP [[Central Clinical Hospital]]. In 2005, he died.


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In this period, as [[Kim Il-sung]] and [[O Chin-u]] were both already past eighty, Yon took an important role in relations between North and [[South Korea]]. He worked hard in this field as Prime Minister and was regarded as the chief negotiator behind the ''Agreement on Reconciliation, Nonaggression, Exchanges, and Cooperation'' (a.k.a. the "South-North Basic Agreement") of 1991.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=S4df_k4WM6gC&pg=PA5|title=Towards Korean Reconciliation: Socio-cultural Exchanges and Cooperation|last=Jonsson|first=Gabriel|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|year=|isbn=9780754648642|location=|pages=57|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://peacemaker.un.org/sites/peacemaker.un.org/files/KR%20KP_911213_Agreement%20on%20reconciliation%20non%20aggression%20and%20exchangespdf.pdf|title=Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-aggression and Exchanges and Cooperation between the South and the North|last=|first=|date=25 March 1992|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=30 April 2017}}</ref> At the time he called it "the most valuable achievement ever made between the South and North Korean authorities."<ref name=":1" /> For the rest of the 1990s, Yon was the chief figure behind efforts to reconcile the two Koreas. However, by the 2000s, Yon was declining in health and his role in North Korean politics had become largely ceremonial by the time he died - presumably of [[pancreatic cancer]] for which he had received treatment in [[Russia]] in 2004 at the well protected [[Central Clinical Hospital]]. He died in 2005.


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Revision as of 12:05, 30 April 2017

Yon Hyong-muk
Prime Minister of North Korea
In office
11 December 1988 – 11 December 1992
Preceded byLi Gun-mo
Succeeded byKang Song-san
Personal details
Born3 November 1931
Died23 October 2005(2005-10-23) (aged 73)
Yon Hyong-muk
Chosŏn'gŭl
연형묵
Hancha
延亨默
Revised RomanizationYeon Hyeongmuk
McCune–ReischauerYŏn Hyŏngmuk

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Yon Hyong-muk, also spelt as Yong Hyong-muk (November 3, 1931 – October 23, 2005) was a long-serving politician in North Korea and at the height of his career the most powerful person in that country outside the Kim family. He was Prime Minister of North Korea from 1988 to 1992.[1]

He was born in Kyongwon County and had a strong revolutionary background in his family. He was educated locally and employed as a farm worker.[1] Yon was educated in Czechoslovakia and by the 1950s, he was firmly established within the hierarchy of the Workers' Party of Korea. In 1967 he was selected as a deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly.[1]

During the 1970s, Yon further advanced in the Party and by the middle 1980s he was regarded as the fourth most powerful person in North Korea after Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, and veteran marshal and defence minister O Chin-u. He was a candidate member of the Politburo from the early 1980s and became Prime Minister of North Korea in 1989. During this era, Yon served as Minister of Heavy Industry and this consolidated his role in the North's large armaments sector.

In this period, as Kim Il-sung and O Chin-u were both already past eighty, Yon took an important role in relations between North and South Korea. He worked hard in this field as Prime Minister and was regarded as the chief negotiator behind the Agreement on Reconciliation, Nonaggression, Exchanges, and Cooperation (a.k.a. the "South-North Basic Agreement") of 1991.[2][3] At the time he called it "the most valuable achievement ever made between the South and North Korean authorities."[2] For the rest of the 1990s, Yon was the chief figure behind efforts to reconcile the two Koreas. However, by the 2000s, Yon was declining in health and his role in North Korean politics had become largely ceremonial by the time he died - presumably of pancreatic cancer for which he had received treatment in Russia in 2004 at the well protected Central Clinical Hospital. He died in 2005.

References

  1. ^ a b c Lentz, Harris M. (2014-02-04). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 481. ISBN 9781134264902.
  2. ^ a b Jonsson, Gabriel (2006-01-01). Towards Korean Reconciliation: Socio-cultural Exchanges and Cooperation. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 57. ISBN 9780754648642.
  3. ^ "Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-aggression and Exchanges and Cooperation between the South and the North" (PDF). 25 March 1992. Retrieved 30 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)


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