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# Ju Chang Il 주창일 

Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department

alive 66 years old Sanctioned: OFAC 

Ju Chang-il is a North Korean politician. He serves as an alternate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and as the Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the WPK Secretariat. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%5FChang-il)

Born

1960, Pyongyang, North Korea

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2026-09-01

Also known as

Ju Chang-il

## Positions

1. 2022–now Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department · Propaganda and Agitation Department [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%5FChang-il)
2. 2021–now Member of the WPK Central Committee · Workers' Party of Korea [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%5FChang-il)

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

- **OFAC** · 51331[listing](https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=51331)

Machine-readable: [/api/people/ju-chang-il](https://savenorthkorea.org/api/people/ju-chang-il) · [Wikidata Q119433063](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119433063) · Photo: [KCNA via Ministry of Unification North Korea Information Portal](https://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/prsn/view.do?menuId=PEOPLE%5F86&prsnMngNo=13559) (Fair use)