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# Pak Jong Chon 박정천 

member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea

alive 66 years old 

Pak Jong-chon is a North Korean Marshal who is a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak%5FJong-chon)

Born

1960, Pyongyang

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Military rank

Wonsu

Status as of

2026-09-01

Also known as

Pak Jong-chon, Marshal Pak

## Positions

1. 2019–2021 Chief of General Staff of the Korean People's Army[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16905280)
2. ?–now member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16905280)

Machine-readable: [/api/people/pak-jong-chon](https://savenorthkorea.org/api/people/pak-jong-chon) · [Wikidata Q16905280](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16905280) · Photo: [KCNA via Ministry of Unification North Korea Information Portal](https://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/prsn/view.do?menuId=PEOPLE%5F86&prsnMngNo=30443) (Fair use)