Kang Kon

Kang Kon
Chief of the General Staff
In office February 1948 – September 1950
Leader	Kim Il Sung
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Nam Il
Personal details
Born	(1918-06-23)23 June 1918 Sangju, Keishōhoku-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	8 September 1950(1950-09-08) (aged 32) Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Citizenship	North Korean
Nationality	Korean
Military service
Allegiance	Korean People's Army
Years of service	1945–1950
Commands	Chief of the general staff
Battles/wars	Korean independence movement Pacification of Manchukuo Chinese Civil War World War II Pacific War Korean War Operation Pokpoong †

Kang Kon (Korean: 강건, Hanja: 姜健; June 23, 1918 – September 8, 1950) was a Korean military leader active in Manchuria and the Korean peninsula as well as a politician during the years leading up to the Korean War and during the first stages of the Korean War in 1950.