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
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]
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