Kim Jong-ho ( ko, 김정호) is a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

n politician and military officer. He has served as a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Minister of Social Security, member of the

State Affairs Commission The State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (SAC) is defined by the 2016 constitution as "the supreme policy-oriented leadership body of State power." The current president of the SAC, which is defined by the same ...

, and chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly. He holds military rank of General.

Biography

His birthplace and date of birth unknown. In 2001, it was reported that a person with the same name was the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of People's Security. He was elected as a delegate to the 14th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly on March 10, 2019, and the 5th plenary session of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea held from December 28 of the same year he was elected as a member of the Party Central Committee. In February 2020, he was appointed Minister of People's Security.North Korea may have appointed a new Minister of People’s Security, South says, February 14, 2020
/ref> At the 3rd session of the 14th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly held on April 12, 2020, he was elected as a member of the

State Affairs Commission of North Korea The State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (SAC) is defined by the 2016 constitution as "the supreme policy-oriented leadership body of State power." The current president of the SAC, which is defined by the same ...

and chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly. At the

8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was held at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang from 5 to 12 January 2021. A total of 7,000 people participated in the congress including 5,000 delegates. The Party Congress took place in th ...

, which was held from January 5, 2021, he dropped out of the party's Central Committee and was dismissed from the post of Minister of Social Security but returned in July of the same year. On September 7, 2021, he was dismissed as Minister of Social Security by the politburo, on the second day of the 5th session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly held on September 30, 2021. At the meeting, he was summoned by a member of the State Affairs Commission and chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.

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