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# Kim Yong Chol 김영철 

Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea

alive 80 years old Sanctioned: OFAC 

Kim Yong-chol is a North Korean general and politician. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%5FYong-chol)

Born

1946, Ryanggang Province

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Military rank

General

Status as of

2026-09-01

Also known as

Kim Yong-chol, General Kim

## Positions

1. ?–now Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8011165)
2. ?–now member of State Affairs Commission[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8011165)
3. ?–now member of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8011165)
4. ?–now member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8011165)
5. ?–now member of the Supreme People's Assembly[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8011165)

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

- **OFAC** · 12211[listing](https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=12211)

Machine-readable: [/api/people/kim-yong-chol](https://savenorthkorea.org/api/people/kim-yong-chol) · [Wikidata Q8011165](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8011165) · Photo: [The White House from Washington, DC / Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kim%5FYong%5FChol%5F2019.jpg) (Public domain)