He served as deputy to the
Supreme People's Assembly. He also served as the commander of 105th Armored Corps based in
South Hwanghae Province. Following the
3rd WPK Conference he was elected to the
Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was also elected to the
7th Central Committee in May 2016. He was a member of the funeral committee of
Kim Jong Il in December 2011. In 2015 he was member of the funeral committee of
Ri Ul-sol. In February 2012 he once again became colonel-general after being demoted some time before that. ==References==