Jang Chol Explained

Occupation:Politician, scientist
Birth Place:Pyongyang, North Korea
Office:President of the
State Academy of Sciences
Term Start:9 April 2014
Term End:Incumbent
President:Kim Jong-un
Premier:Kim Tok-hun
Kim Jae-ryong
Successor:Kim Sung-jin
Term Start1:9 April 2014
Term End1:11 April 2019
1Blankname1:Chairman
2Blankname1:Premier
Predecessor1:Pyon Yong-rip
Nationality:Korean
Citizenship:North Korean
Party:Workers' Party of Korea

Jang Chol (Korean: 장철|context=north, born 1955) is a North Korean politician and scientist. He served as President of the State Academy of Sciences under the Cabinet of North Korea and a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was elected a deputy to the 11th and 12th convocations of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.

Biography

Jang was born in 1955 in Pyongyang.[1] In February 1999, he was appointed the manager of the state-of-the-art electronic engineering base at the National Academy of Sciences, and was appointed the manager of the enterprise where Jeon Hee-seok works. Since serving as Director of the National Academy of Sciences in 2005, he has been the Director of the Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea since September 2009.[2] In September 2010, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. In 2003, he served as a member of the 11th convocation to the Supreme People's Assembly and following the April 2009, he has been member of the 12th convocation. At the time of the death of Jo Myong-rok in 2010 and death of Kim Jong-il in 2011, he was a member of the funeral committee.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ko:장철(남성). ko:북한정보포털. 대한민국 통일부. 6 March 2021 . https://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/theme/viewPeople.do?nkpmno=10984 . ko .
  2. http://unibook.unikorea.go.kr/?sub_num=54&state=view&idx=506&sty=T&ste=%C0%E5%C3%B6 “통일부 북한자료센터 주요 인물 정보”. 통일부 북한자료센터. 2012년 1월 9일에 확인함.