Jon Kwang-ho () is a politician of North Korea. He served as

Vice Premier of North Korea The Vice Premier of the Cabinet assists the Premier of North Korea in guiding the work of the Cabinet of North Korea. The office is also alternatively known as Deputy Prime Minister of North Korea. Current vice premiers List of vice premiers ...

in the

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and is a member of the Central Committee of the

Workers' Party of Korea The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), also called the Korean Workers' Party (KWP), is the sole ruling party of North Korea. Founded in 1949 from a merger between the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea, the WPK is ...

. He was member of the 13th convocation to the

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. Since August 2020 he is an alternate (candidate) member of the

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Biography

He was appointed the head of South Hamgyong Province Provincial Planning Commission. In 2011 he became Chairman of the

South Hamgyong Province South Hamgyong Province (, ''Hamgyŏngnamdo''; ) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Hamgyong Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Kor ...

People's Committee, and the National Sports Guidance Committee in 2017. In October 2017, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. In March 2014, he was elected as the 13th delegate to the Supreme People's Assembly. When Kim Young-chun died in 2018, he was a member of his funeral committee. On August 13, 2020 at the 16th Politburo meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the WPK he was appointed to an alternate (candidate) member of the

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