Jo Yon-jun
North Korean politician
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| Intro | North Korean politician | |||
| Places | North Korea | |||
| is | Politician | |||
| Work field | Politics | |||
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| Birth | 28 September 1937, Kowon County, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea | |||
| Age | 87 years | |||
| Star sign | Libra | |||
| Politics: | Workers' Party Of Korea | |||
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Jo Yon-jun (born September 28, 1937) is a candidate member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea is first deputy in the Organization and Guidance Department (OGD) of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
In 2016, in a round of sanctions targeted at human rights abuses in North Korea, he was placed under sanctions by the United States as the man who is responsible for the execution of defectors from the country.