Background
Kim, Il Chol was born in 1933 in Pyongyang, North Korea.
North Korean government official
Kim, Il Chol was born in 1933 in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Graduate, Mangyongdae Revolutionary School. Graduate, Navy Academy, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
Commander East Sea Fleet, 1970. Member Party Center Committee, since 1980. Deputy Supreme People's Associate, 1982.
Colonel general, 1985—1992. General, 1992—1997; vice marshal, since 1997. Vice-chairman National Defense Commission.
Minister People's Armed Forces, since 2001.