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# Jo Chun Ryong 조춘룡 

Secretary of the Central Committee for Munitions Industry

alive 66 years old Sanctioned: OFAC Sanctioned: UN 

Jo Chun-ryong is a North Korean politician. Since 2019 he is a candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%5FChun-ryong)

Born

1960, Pyongyang, North Korea

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2026-09-01

Also known as

Cho Chun-ryong

## Positions

1. 2023–now Secretary of the Central Committee for Munitions Industry · Munitions Industry Department [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%5FChun-ryong)
2. 2022–now Member of the State Affairs Commission · State Affairs Commission [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%5FChun-ryong)
3. 2022–now Alternate Member of the WPK Political Bureau · WPK Political Bureau [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%5FChun-ryong)

## Sanctions [everyone sanctioned →](https://savenorthkorea.org/sanctions) 

- **OFAC** · 20577[listing](https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=20577)
- **UN** · KPi.038 · since 2016-11-30[listing](https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1718/materials)

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