Jong Sang-hak () is a North Korean politician who is serving as member of the 8th Politburo of the

8th Eighth is ordinal form of the number eight. Eighth may refer to: * One eighth, , a fraction, one of eight equal parts of a whole * Eighth note (quaver), a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet) * Octave, an interval b ...

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 ...

Biography

From 10 January 2021 to June 2022 he served as the head of the Central Auditing Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea. Following the 1st Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee during the 8th WPK Congress he was elected a member of the

Politburo A politburo () or political bureau is the highest organ of the central committee in communist parties. The term is also sometimes used to refer to similar organs in socialist and Islamist parties, such as the UK Labour Party's NEC or the Poli ...

. In addition to that, he was elected a director of the Central Committee department. He is considered to be part of a new elite generation, promoted to power by

Kim Jong-un Kim Jong Un (born 8 January 1983 or 1984) is a North Korean politician and dictator who has served as supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is the third son of Kim ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jong, Sang-hak Members of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea 8th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Auditing Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea Year of birth missing (living people) Living people