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# No Kwang Chol 노광철 

Minister of National Defence

alive 70 years old 

No Kwang-chol is a North Korean soldier, a four-star general, and a member of the political bureau, who served as Minister of Defence of North Korea from 2024 to 2026\. He previously held the same office from 2018 to 2019\. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%5FKwang-chol)

Born

1956, Nampo

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Military rank

General

Status as of

2026-09-01

Also known as

Ro Kwang-chol

## Positions

1. 2024–now Minister of National Defence · Ministry of National Defence [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%5FKwang-chol)
2. 2018–2019 Minister of People's Armed Forces · Ministry of National Defence [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%5FKwang-chol)
3. ?–now member of the Supreme People's Assembly[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12594098)

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