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Following his return, he married Kim Kyong-hui, the younger (and only) sister of Kim Jong Il. He graduated from the Kim Il Sung Senior High School before leaving for Moscow, where he studied at Moscow State University between 19. Jang was born in Chongjin, during the Soviet Civil Administration of Northern Korea. On 13 December, North Korean state media announced he had been executed by firing squad.

His photos were removed from official media and his image digitally removed from photos with other North Korean leaders. In December 2013, Jang was abruptly accused of being a counter-revolutionary and was stripped of all his posts and expelled from the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Jang was considered a 'key policy adviser' to Kim Jong Un. He is believed to have been promoted to four-star general around the time of Kim Jong-il's death in December 2011, as his first appearance in uniform was while visiting Kim lying in state. Jang was a vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission, a position considered second only to that of the Supreme Leader. However, in 2008 South Korean government officials and academic North Korea experts suggested that he had de facto leadership over North Korea while Kim Jong Il's health was declining and when Kim subsequently died. The extent of Jang Song-thaek's power and position has not been confirmed in the West. He was therefore the uncle (by marriage) of the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. He was married to Kim Kyong-hui, the only daughter of North Korean premier Kim Il Sung and his first wife Kim Jong-suk, and only sister of North Korean general secretary Kim Jong Il. Jang Song-thaek (January or February 1946 – 12 December 2013) was a North Korean politician. Vice Chairman of the National Defence CommissionĬhairman of the State Physical Culture and Sports Guidance CommissionĬhief of the Central Administrative Department of Workers' Party

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