Jo Chun-ryong ( ko, 조춘륭) is a North Korean politician. Since 2019 he is a candidate member of the

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of the

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of the

Workers' Party of Korea The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is the founding and sole ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea. Founded in 1949 from the merger of the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of ...

. He is former member of the

National Defense Commission The National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (NDC) () was the highest state institution for military and national defence leadership in North Korea, which also served as the highest governing institution of the cou ...

Biography

He was elected a member of the National Defense Commission at the first meeting of the 13th convocation of the

Supreme People's Assembly The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; ) is the unicameral legislature of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. It consists of one deputy from each of the DPRK's 687 constituencies, elected to five-year ...

held on April 9, 2014. As the successor to Hakusei Feng, who retired without being elected to the National Defense Commission at the same meeting, he is believed to have been appointed the chairman of the second economic committee of the Korean Labor Party Munitions and Industry Department, who became responsible for ballistic missile production. Prior to the election of the National Defense Commissioner, the history is unknown, but it is highly likely that South Korean government officials have long been involved in missile-related departments for Zhao Chun-Long, having served as the Deputy Chairman of the Second Economic Commission and the Director General of Missiles. At the fourth meeting of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly held on June 29, 2016, he was not elected to the newly established State Affairs Commission which succeeded the National Defense Commission. At the Party Central Committee plenum meeting held on April 10, 2019, he was elected as a candidate member of the

Political Bureau A politburo () or political bureau is the executive committee for communist parties. It is present in most former and existing communist states. Names The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian ''Politbyuro'' (), itself a contraction ...

of the Central Committee.

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