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# Jo Song-gil 조성길 

Acting Ambassador to Italy

defected 51 years old 

Jo Song-gil is a former diplomat from North Korea who defected while serving as North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%5FSong-gil)

Born

1975-03-09, Pyongyang, North Korea

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2018-11-01

Also known as

Jo Song-gil

## Positions

1. 2017–2018 Acting Ambassador to Italy · Ministry of Foreign Affairs [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%5FSong-gil)

Machine-readable: [/api/people/jo-song-gil](https://savenorthkorea.org/api/people/jo-song-gil) · [Wikidata Q105706553](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105706553)