Ryo Yon-gu
Ryo Yon-gu | |
|---|---|
| 려연구 | |
| Born | August 29, 1927 |
| Died | September 28, 1996 (aged 69) |
| Resting place | Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Employer | |
| Parent(s) | |
| Relatives | Ryo Won-gu |
| Awards | |
Ryo Yon-gu (Korean: 려연구; August 29, 1927 – September 28, 1996)[1] was a North Korean politician.
Ryo Yon-gu was born on August 29, 1927 in Shanghai, China, the daughter of Korean independence activist Lyuh Woon-hyung. She is the older sister of politician Ryo Won-gu. Following Korean independence from Japan, she attended Ewha Womans University in Seoul, but dropped out and moved to Pyongyang like her father and sister.[2] She studied railway engineering at Moscow State University and became a professor at the Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies.[3]
Ryo Yon-gu entered public life in 1979 in a leadership role in the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea.[3] She was elected to the 7th Supreme People's Assembly in 1982. The following year, she became a vice chairman of the Presidium, a post she held for the rest of her life. She was a member of the central committee of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea and an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers’ Party.[2]
In 1991, she headed the North Korean delegation to the Second Conference on Asia’s Peace and Women’s Role in Seoul. While there, she laid a wreath given to her by President Kim Il Sung on the graves of her parents.[2]
Ryo Yon-gu died on 28 September 1996.[2]
References
- ^ https://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view/b15a2970a
- ^ a b c d Hoare, James (2019). Historical dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East (2nd ed.). Lanham (Md.): Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-1973-0.
- ^ a b 김, 남식, "여연구 (呂鷰九)", 한국민족문화대백과사전 [Encyclopedia of Korean Culture] (in Korean), Academy of Korean Studies, retrieved 2025-03-24