Jon Kwang-ho explained

Occupation:Politician
Office:Vice Premier of North Korea
Convocation:14th term
President:Kim Jong-un
Premier:Kim Tok-hun
Kim Jae-ryong
Alongside:Ro Tu-chol, Im Chol-ung, Kim Tok-hun, Ri Ju-o, Ri Ryong-nam, Tong Jong-ho, Ko In-ho and Kim Il-chol.
Term Start:11 April 2019
Term End:18 January 2021
Nationality:Korean
Citizenship:North Korean
Party:Workers' Party of Korea

Jon Kwang-ho (Korean: 전광호) is a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). He served as Vice Premier of North Korea in the Cabinet and is a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was member of the 13th convocation to the Supreme People's Assembly. Since August 2020 he is an alternate (candidate) member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Biography

He was appointed the head of South Hamgyong Province Provincial Planning Commission. In 2011 he became Chairman of the South Hamgyong Province People's Committee,[1] and the National Sports Guidance Committee in 2017. In October 2017, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. In March 2014, he was elected as the 13th delegate to the Supreme People's Assembly. When Kim Young-chun died in 2018, he was a member of his funeral committee. On August 13, 2020 at the 16th Politburo meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the WPK he was appointed to an alternate (candidate) member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.sankei.com/world/news/170117/wor1701170054-n1.html 北、新副首相を任命 昨年1人処刑と韓国
  2. Web site: The August Political Bureau Meeting. NK Leadership Watch. 2020-08-31.