Kim Byung-joo
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
May 30, 2020
ConstituencyProportional representation
Personal details
Born (1962-02-07) 7 February 1962
Yecheon County, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic Party of Korea
Other political
affiliations
Platform Party (2020)
Military service
Allegiance South Korea
Branch/serviceRepublic of Korea Army
Years of service1980–2019
RankGeneral
Commands28th Infantry Division (Rep. Korea)
United States Central Command
ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command
Joint Chiefs of Staff (Rep. Korea)
6th Infantry Division (Rep. Korea)
2nd Artillery Brigade (Rep. Korea)
30th Infantry Division (Rep. Korea)
Army Missile Command (Rep. Korea)
3rd Army (Rep. Korea)
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Byeong-ju
McCune–ReischauerKim Pyŏngchu

Kim Byung-joo (Korean: 김병주; Hanja: 金炳周, born 7 February 1962 in Yecheon County) is a Korean politician and retired Four star General in the Republic of Korea Army. He was the 27th deputy commander of the ROK/US Combined Forces Command and is a current member of the Korean National Assembly.

Career

In 1980, he joined the Korea Military Academy and served among others as artillery officer in the Korean Army and liaison officer at the United States Central Command. 2017, he became the first four star general in South Korea with a missile command background and at the same time, he assumed command of the ROK/US Combined Forces Command as deputy commander behind Vincent K. Brooks.[1] He retired in April 2019 and joined the Democratic Party of Korea after the turn of the year.[2] At the 2020 South Korean legislative election, he ran for the Platform Party as candidate number 12 on the party list and got elected.

References

  1. "Former No. 2 at ROK-US combined forces command joins ruling party". Korea Herald. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. "The ruling party recruits the former general Kim Byung-joo as third new member for the general election" (in Korean). Yonhap News. Retrieved 1 July 2020.


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