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# O Su Yong 오수용 

Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea

alive 82 years old 

O Su-yong is a North Korean politician. He was a Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and the director of the Economic Affairs Department of the WPK. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%5FSu-yong)

Born

1944-07-20, Pyongyang

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2026-09-01

Also known as

O Su-yong

## Positions

1. 2009–2010 Vice Premier of North Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11261360)
2. ?–now Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11261360)
3. ?–now member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11261360)

Machine-readable: [/api/people/o-su-yong](https://savenorthkorea.org/api/people/o-su-yong) · [Wikidata Q11261360](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11261360) · Photo: [KCNA via Ministry of Unification North Korea Information Portal](https://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/prsn/view.do?menuId=PEOPLE%5F86&prsnMngNo=10496) (Fair use)