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{{Short description|North Korean politician and military officer}}
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{{other people||Kwon Yeong-jin (disambiguation){{!}}Kwon Yeong-jin}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[Chasu|ViceJiang Marshal(rank)|General]]
| name = Kwon Yong-jin
| office = Director of the [[General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army]]
| term_start = janueryJanuary 2021
| predecessorterm_end = [[Kim Su-gil]] = 2022
| leader predecessor = [[Kim JongSu-ungil]]
| birth_datesuccessor = [[Jong UnkonwnKyong-thaek]]
| partyleader = [[Workers' PartyKim ofJong KoreaUn]]
| allegiancebirth_date = {{flag|North Korea}} = Unknown
| rank birth_place = [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-10a.svg|25px]]Pyongyang, [[Chasu|ViceNorth MarshalKorea]]
| branchparty = [[File:Flag of the Korean= People[[Workers's ArmyParty (1992–1993).svg|25px]] [[Korean People'sof ArmyKorea]]
| imageallegiance = {{flag|North = Korea}}
| rank = [[File:DPRK-Army-OF-9.svg|25px|DPRK-Army-OF-9]][[Daejang|Army General]]
| branch = {{nowrap|[[File:Flag of the Korean People's Army (1992–1993).svg|25px]] [[Korean People's Army]]}}
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''' Kwon Yong-jin''' ({{lang-ko|권용진권영진/權英進}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=권영진 (權英進)KWON isYoung aJin [[North|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/nk/person/body?scope=title&query=%EA%B6%8C%EC%98%81%EC%A7%84&cid=CNK20060721769900370 Korea|access-date=2022-10-17 |website= |language=ko}}</ref>) is a North Korean]] politician and military officer who currently serves as the director of the [[General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army]] since January 2021.
 
==Biography==
Kwon Yong-jin iswas the director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA). He has served in this post since he replaced [[Kim Su-gil]] in January 2021 until 2022.
On 24 February 2021 Kwon Yong-jin alongside [[Ministry of People's Armed Forces|Minister of People's Armed Forces]] Kim Jong-Gwan were both promoted to the rank of [[Chasu|Vice Marshal]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=이원주이 |first=원주|date=2021-01-11|title=(4th LD) N. Korea crowns leader Kim Jong-un as party's general secretary|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210111000755325|access-date=2021-06-24|website=[[Yonhap News Agency]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CMC Meeting Held {{!}} North Korea Leadership Watch|url=http://www.nkleadershipwatch.org/2021/02/25/cmc-meeting-held-2/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=www.nkleadershipwatch.org}}</ref>
 
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According to a KCTV video from February 6, 2022, Kwon became a [[Jiang (rank)|General]], an apparent demotion from his previous rank as a [[Chasu|Vice Marshal]].<ref name=":0" />
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{{s-ttl|title=Director of the [[General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army|KPA General Political Bureau]]|years=2021-preseant}}
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