Jo Kyong-chol (Korean: 조경철) is a North Korean politician and officer who is serving as the commander of the Military Security Command[1][2] and a member of the WPK Central Military Commission.[3]
Jo Kyong-chol | |
|---|---|
| Commander of the Military Security Command | |
| Assumed office ? | |
| Supreme Leader | Kim Jong Un |
| Personal details | |
| Born | North Korea |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  North Korea |
| Branch/service | Korean People's Army |
| Rank | .svg){kind=icon} General |
| Commands | Military Security Command |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 조경철 |
| Revised Romanization | Cho Kyŏngch'ŏl |
| McCune–Reischauer | Cho Gyeongcheol |
Biography edit
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.[4] He participated in the purges of officials, among them of Jang Song-thaek in 2013. In June 2022 he was promoted to a member of the Central Military Commission. He is under sanctions of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.[5] In 2015 he was ranked 47 in the funeral committee of Jon Pyong-ho[6] and following the death of Kim Jong Il a member of his funeral committee.[7][8][9]
References edit
- ^ "Organizational Chart of North Korean leadership". Unikorea.go.kr. 2018. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ "House of Cards - Leadership Dynamics under Kim Jong-un" (PDF). Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. 2015. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ "Central Military Commission Signals Growing Strength in Peninsula's Latest Crisis". 38 North. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ "[Annotated full list of elected MP's]" (XLS). North Korean Economy Watch. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
- ^ "North Korea Designations; Transnational Criminal Organizations Designations Removals". Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ "Jon Pyong Ho (1926–2014)". North Korea Leadership Watch. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ Clues from Kim Jong-il Funeral List, The Chosun Ilbo, 20 December 2011.
- ^ Tetsuya Hakoda, All eyes set on Kim Jong Il's funeral committee list, The Asahi Shimbun, 27 December 2011.
- ^ "KJI Funeral Rankings comparison" (XLSX). NK News. December 2011. Ranking. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
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