Jo Kyong-chol

In this Korean name, the family name is Jo.

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]

General Jo Kyong-chol
Commander of the Military Security Command
Incumbent
Assumed office ?
Supreme Leader	Kim Jong Un
Personal details
Born	North Korea
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea
Military service
Allegiance	North Korea
Branch/service	Korean People's Army
Rank	General
Commands	Military Security Command
Korean name
Hangul	조경철
RR	Jo Gyeongcheol
MR	Cho Kyŏngch'ŏl

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]