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# Jon Hyon Chol 전현철 

Vice Premier of the Cabinet

alive 61 years old 

Jon Hyon-chol is a North Korean politician. He served as a Vice Premier of the Cabinet a candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea as well as head of the Economic Policy Office of the Central Committee. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%5FHyon-chol)

Born

1965, Pyongyang, North Korea

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2026-09-01

Also known as

Jon Hyon-chol

## Positions

1. 2022–now Vice Premier of the Cabinet · Cabinet of North Korea [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%5FHyon-chol)
2. 2022–now Alternate Member of the WPK Political Bureau · WPK Political Bureau [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%5FHyon-chol)
3. 2021–2022 Vice Premier of North Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105706437)

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