Jo Yong-won

Jo Yong-won (조용원) is a North Korean politician. He is the chairman of the Inspection Commission of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK),[3] a vice director of the party's Organization and Guidance Department (OGD),[4] and a deputy chief of the Personal Secretariat of Kim Jong-un.[2] Jo has been a full member of the 7th Central Committee of the WPK since it was elected at the 7th Congress of the WPK in May 2016.[5][1]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Jo.
Jo Yong-won
Chosŏn'gŭl
Revised RomanizationJo Yongwon
McCune–ReischauerCho Yo’ng-wo’n
[1][2]

Jo is a confidant of the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, and accompanies him often on guidance tours, mostly in relation to economy.[4] In 2016 he was the most frequent member of Kim's entourage.[6] According to Oliver Hotham of NK News, Jo, "once described as a 'rising star' of DPRK politics remains one of the country's most important officials". Jo is often featured in North Korean media; in 2018 his name was mentioned more often than that of any other official except Kim Jong-un.[4] The United States Department of the Treasury has sanctioned Jo for his involvement in the censorship activities of the OGD.[4][7]

See also

References
  1. 조용원(남성). nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr (in Korean). Ministry of Unification. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. "KJU and RSJ Visits Food and Bag Factories in Wo'nsan". North Korea Leadership Watch. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. "Second Plenum of Seventh WPK Central Committee". KCNA. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. Hotham, Oliver (7 January 2019). "Jo Yong Won was Kim Jong Un's most prominent official in 2018, data reveals". NK News. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  5. "Official Report of Seventh Congress of the WPK". Naenara. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  6. Kim Soo-yeon (27 October 2016). "Jo Yong-won most frequent attendee of N.K. leader's on-site inspections". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  7. Macdonald, Hamish (11 January 2017). "U.S. sanctions Kim Jong Un's sister for censorship activities". NK News. Retrieved 7 March 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.