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# Jong Kyong Thaek 정경택 

member of State Affairs Commission

alive 65 years old Sanctioned: OFAC 

Jong Kyong-thaek is a North Korean politician. He served as the Minister of State Security from 2018 to 2022, a member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, an alternate member of the Politburo of the WPK, and a member of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jong%5FKyong-thaek)

Born

1961, Chagang Province

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2026-09-01

Also known as

Jong Kyong-thaek

## Positions

1. 2018–2022 Minister of State Security[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55734042)
2. ?–now member of State Affairs Commission[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55734042)
3. ?–now member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55734042)

## Notable

- 2018-12 Sanctioned by the US Treasury in December 2018 for supervising arbitrary detention, torture, and extrajudicial killings as head of the Ministry of State Security.[source](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm568)

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

- **OFAC** · 23212[listing](https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=23212)

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