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Cho Myung-chul

Politician

Cho Myung-chul is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	CHO Myung Chul · Cho Myung-chul · Jo Myeong Cheol · 趙明哲 · 조명철				[sources]
Other name	Cho Myŏng-ch'ŏl · Myung Chul Cho · 趙明哲 · 조명철				[sources]
Birth date	1959-04-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Pyongyang				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	South Korea				[sources]
Country	South Korea				[sources]
Citizenship	North Korea · South Korea				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Last name	Cho				[sources]
Website	blog.daum.net · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q11963575 · Q14844783				[sources]
Position	Member of the National Assembly of South Korea (2012-2016) · National Assembly (member, 2012-2016)				[sources]
Education	Kim Il-sung University				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Korean politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-03-15

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Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,064

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,430

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata350,197

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,033

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-63b2bd81-89b9-4706-9fc3-97be08784e94 · Q11963575

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