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Chol Hae Hyon

Disqualified · Military · PEP · Sanctioned entity
TypePerson[sources]
NameChol Hae Hyon · Chol-Hae Hyon · Hyon Chol Hae · Hyon Chol-hae · Hyŏn Ch’ŏl Hae · 4 more...[sources]
Alias현철해[sources]
Weak aliasヒョン・チョルヘ[sources]
Birth date[sources]
Place of birthChina · Kyongsong County · Manchuria · Yanji[sources]
Death date[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalityNorth Korea[sources]
CountryNorth Korea[sources]
CitizenshipNorth Korea[sources]
ClassificationNational government (past)[sources]
DescriptionDeputy Director of the General Political Department of the People’s Armed Forces (military adviser to Kim Jong Il). Designated by the European Union.[sources]
First nameChol · Chol-Hae[sources]
Last nameHyon[sources]
Political associationWorkers’ Party of Korea[sources]
TitleVice Marshal[sources]
Wikidata IDQ706128[sources]
Wikipedia Articleen.wikipedia.org[sources]
PositionKorean People's Army Marshal · member of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998-2014)[sources]
EducationKim Il-sung University · Mangyongdae Revolutionary School[sources]
AddressNorth Korea[sources]
Source linkfind-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · www.nknews.org[sources]
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Descriptions

Disqualified

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors,

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

UK FCDO Sanctions List,

North Korean marshal (1934-2022)

Wikidata non-official source,

Data sources

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors16,100

Individuals which have been disqualified from holding the post of a company director in the United Kingdom following a court decision.

United Kingdom · CoH

UK FCDO Sanctions List6,670

Official register of individuals, entities, and vessel subject to UK sanctions under regulations made pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

United Kingdom · FCDO

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,227

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

DPRK Reports5,497

A database of entities and events related to North Korea's sanctions evasion efforts.

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,334

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata328,010

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source


Source data IDs: gb-coh-od3qmiludipebt7hi92ioosd0l0 · gb-fcdo-dpr0013 · gb-hmt-11030 · kprusi-5bf9fd6e54128de2a2b67fd865c634c78e8b630e

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