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| Type | Person | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | KIM, Yong Chol · Kim Jong-čchol · Kim Yong Chol · Kim Yong-chol · Kim Yŏng Ch'ŏl · | [sources] | |||
| Alias | Gim Yeong-cheol · KIM, Yong-Chol · KIM, Young-Cheol · KIM, Young-Chol · KIM, Young-Chul · | [sources] | |||
| Weak alias | キム・ヨンチョル | [sources] | |||
| Birth date | · · | [sources] | |||
| Place of birth | North Korea · Pyongan-Pukto · Pyongan-Pukto, KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF · Pyongan-Pukto, North Korea · Pyongan-Pukto, RPDC · | [sources] | |||
| Gender | male | [sources] | |||
| Nationality | North Korea | [sources] | |||
| Country | North Korea | [sources] | |||
| Citizenship | North Korea | [sources] | |||
| Classification | National government (current) | [sources] | |||
| Description | "Chief of the Reconnaissance General Bureau which trades in conventional arms and controls the DPRK conventional arms firm Green Pine Associated Corporation (entity designated by the 1718 Committee, 02.05.2012) responsible for approximately half of the arms and related materiel exported by the DPRK and has taken over many of the activities of KOMID (entity designated by the 1718 Committee, 24.04.2009)." | [sources] | |||
| First name | Yeong-cheol · Yong · Yong Chol · Yong-Chol · Young-Cheol · | [sources] | |||
| Last name | KIM · Kim | [sources] | |||
| Political association | Workers’ Party of Korea | [sources] | |||
| Title | Lieutenant General | [sources] | |||
| Wikidata ID | Q8011165 | [sources] | |||
| Position | Alternate Member of Political Bureau and Member of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Member of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and, from June 2023, United Front Department Advisor. Former commander of Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), an entity sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council. · Alternate Member of Political Bureau and Member of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Member of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and, from June 2023, United Front Department Advisor. Former commander of Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), an entity sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council. · Membre du comité central du Parti des travailleurs de Corée, de la Commission des affaires d’État de la République populaire démocratique de Corée · Membre suppléant du Bureau politique · Supreme People’s Assembly (member, 2014-) · | [sources] | |||
| Education | Kim Il-sung Military University · Mangyongdae Revolutionary School | [sources] | |||
| Address | Pyongan-Pukto, North Korea · Pyongyang, North Korea | [sources] | |||
| Source link | eur-lex.europa.eu · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov | [sources] | |||
| Last change | Last processed | First seen | |||
Vice Chairman of the Korean Workers’ Party Central Committee
(Date of UN designation: 2011-12-19)
Membre suppléant du Bureau politique et membre du comité central du Parti des travailleurs de Corée, de la Commission des affaires d’État de la République populaire démocratique de Corée et, depuis juin 2023, conseiller du département du Front uni. Ancien commandant du Bureau général de reconnaissance (RGB), entité sanctionnée par le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies.
Former Commander of Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). Promoted to United Front Department director in May 2016. The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Former Commander of Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). Promoted to United Front Department director in May 2016.
(also Yong Chol KIM , Yong-Chol KIM , Young-Chol KIM , Young-Chul KIM )
(also Yong-Chol KIM , Young-Cheol KIM , Young-Chul KIM , Yong Chol KIM )
(also Young-Cheol KIM , Yong Chol KIM , Yong-Chol KIM , Young-Chol KIM )
North Korean politician
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| Sanctions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Authority | Program | Start date | End date | |
| United Kingdom | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK | - | |||
| Address | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full address | Country | |
| Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea · Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Pyongyang, North Korea | North Korea | |
| Memberships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organization | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Reconnaissance General Bureau Export controlled · Sanctioned entity | Chief | - | - | |
| Positions held | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position occupied | Start date | End date | |
| member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea | - | - | |
| European Union | Council of the European Union | - | - | - |
| United States | Office of Foreign Assets Control | North Korea Sanctions | - | - |
| European Union | Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union | EU Restrictive Measures In Relation To The Non-Proliferation Of The Weapons Of Mass Destruction (WMD) | - |
| Australia | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Democratic People's Republic Of Korea (North Korea) Sanctions Regime | - |
| United States | OFAC | Reciprocal | - | - |
| European Union | Council of the European Union | - | - | - |
| Monaco | La Principauté de Monaco | - | - | - |
| Belgium | Federal Public Service Finance | EU Restrictive Measures In Relation To The Non-Proliferation Of The Weapons Of Mass Destruction (WMD) | - | - |
| Pyongan-Pukto, North Korea | - |
| Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea | - | - |
| member of State Affairs Commission | - | - |
| member of the Supreme People's Assembly | - | - |