Jon Kwang-ho

Jon Kwang-ho (Korean: 전광호) is a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He served as Vice Premier of North Korea in the Cabinet and is a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was member of the 13th convocation to the Supreme People's Assembly. Since August 2020 he is an alternate (candidate) member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea.

In this Korean name, the family name is Jon.
Jon Kwang-ho
Vice Premier of North Korea
In office
2017–2020
Supreme LeaderKim Jong-un
Member of the WPK Politburo
Assumed office
August 2020
Personal details
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
OccupationPolitician

Biography

He was appointed as the head of South Hamgyong Province Provincial Planning Commission, In 2011 he became Chairman of the South Hamgyong Province People's Committee,[1] and the National Sports Guidance Committee in 2017. In October 2017, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. In March 2014, he was elected as the 13th delegate to the Supreme People's Assembly. When Kim Young-chun died in 2018, he was a member of his funeral committee. On August 13, 2020 at the 16th Politburo meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the WPK he was appointed to an alternate (candidate) member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea.[2]

References
  1. 北、新副首相を任命　昨年１人処刑と韓国 産経ニュース 2017年1月17日
  2. "The August Political Bureau Meeting". NK Leadership Watch. Retrieved 2020-08-31.


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