Jo Kyong-chol () is a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

n politician and officer who is serving as the commander of the

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and a member of the WPK

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Biography

He is assumed to be born in 1944 or 1945. In 2009 he was elected as a member of the 12th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly. He participated in the purges of officials, among them of

Jang Song-thaek Jang Song-thaek (January or February 1946 – 12 December 2013) was a North Korean politician. 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 Kor ...

in 2013. In June 2022 he was promoted to a member of the

. He is under sanctions of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's

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. In 2015 he was ranked 47 in the funeral committee of

Jon Pyong-ho Jon Pyong-ho (, 20 March 1926 – 7 July 2014) was a North Korean officer and politician who served as the Chief Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Korean Workers Party (KWP) Committee of the Cabinet of North Korea, North Korean Cabinet, ...

and following the death of

Kim Jong Il Kim Jong Il (born Yuri Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second Supreme Leader (North Korean title), supreme leader of North Korea from Death and state funeral of Kim Il Sung, the de ...

a member of his funeral committee.

References

Members of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Living people North Korean generals Members of the Supreme People's Assembly Year of birth uncertain 20th-century North Korean politicians 21st-century North Korean politicians {{NorthKorea-politician-stub