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# Jo Yong Won 조용원 

Member of the Politburo Presidium

alive 69 years old Sanctioned: OFAC Sanctioned: UN 

Jo Yong-won is a North Korean politician who is deputy chief of the Workers' Party of Korea's Secretariat of General Secretary Kim Jong Un. From March until June 2026, he was also the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament, and the Chairman of its Standing Committee. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%5FYong-won)

Born

1957, Pyongyang, North Korea

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2026-09-01

Also known as

Cho Yong-won

## Positions

1. 2021–now Member of the Politburo Presidium · WPK Politburo Presidium [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%5FYong-won)

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

- **OFAC** · 21303[listing](https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=21303)
- **UN** · KPi.043 · since 2017-06-02[listing](https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1718/materials)

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