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Choe Hwi

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Choe Hwi is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	CHOE HWI · CHOE, Hwi · Choe Hwi · Hwi Choe · شوي هوي · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1954-01-01 · 1955-12-31				[sources]
Place of birth	Nampo				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Citizenship	North Korea				[sources]
First name	CHOE · Hwi · شوي				[sources]
Last name	CHOE HWI · Choe · HWI				[sources]
Second name	HWI · هوي				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16631366				[sources]
Position	First Vice Director of the Workers Party of Korea Propaganda and Agitation Department, which controls all DPRK media and is used by the government to control the public · First Vice Director of the Workers' Party of Korea Propaganda and Agitation Department, which controls all DPRK media and is used by the government to control the public · First Vice Director of the Workers' Party of Korea Propaganda and Agitation Department · First Vice Director of the Workers' Party of Korea Propaganda and Agitation Department, which controls all DPRK media and is used by the government to control the public · First Vice Director of the Worker’s Party of Korea Propaganda and Agitation Department · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Kim Il-sung University · Mangyongdae Revolutionary School				[sources]
Address	Democratic People`s Republic of Korea · Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea · RPDC				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-29	Last processed	2024-11-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

First Vice Director of the Workers' Party of Korea Propaganda and Agitation Department, which controls all Democratic People's Republic of Korea media and is used by the government to control the public. Gender: male.

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

First Vice Director of the Workers' Party of Korea Propaganda and Agitation Department, which controls all DPRK media and is used by the government to control the public.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Premier vice-directeur du Département de la propagande et de l'agitation du Parti des travailleurs de Corée, qui contrôle tous les médias de la RPDC et que le gouvernement utilise pour contrôler le public

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

Designation: First Vice Director of the Workers' Party of Korea Propaganda and Agitation Department, which controls all DPRK media and is used by the government to control the public. Other information: Gender: male.

— Israel Prevention of Distribution and Financing of WMDs designations, 2024-10-25

性別：男性

— Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People, 2023-04-20

Adresse : RPDC

— Monaco National Fund Freezing List, 2024-08-14

Gender: male.

— UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions, 2023-04-20

North Korean politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Gender: male.

— South Africa Targeted Financial Sanctions, 2023-04-20

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	North Korea
北朝鮮	North Korea

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Supreme People's Assembly	-	-
member of the Supreme People's Assembly	2014-03-09	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 18 May 2016 on measures against North Korea (SR 946.231.127.6), annexes 1 et 6	2017-06-02	-
United Nations Security Council	DPRK	2017-06-02	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2017/1509 du 30/08/2017 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509) · décision du comité des sanctions des Nations unies du 02/06/2017 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509)	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	PRK	2017-09-01	-
State Finance Monitoring Service	Резолюція РБ ООН 1718 (2006)	2017-06-12	-
Ministry of Finance	北朝鮮に関連する国際連合安全保障理事会決議に基づく資産凍結等の措置の対象となる者（個人）	2017-06-09	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Financial Intelligence Centre	-	-	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Isreali Ministry of Finance	-	2018-03-12	-
Centrul Antiterorist al Serviciului de Informaţii şi Securitate al Republicii Moldova	Comitetul Consiliului de Securitate al ONU instituit prin Rezoluția 1718 (2006)	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	PRK	2017-09-01	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UN	The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2016-03-02	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UN	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2016-03-02	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	1718 (DPRK)	2017-06-03	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-

Data sources

South Africa Targeted Financial Sanctions876

The South African FIC sanctions list, largely based on UN Security Council sanctions.

South Africa · FIC

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

Ukraine SFMS Blacklist872

Ukraine's financial intelligence unit publishes this list of sanctioned individuals.

Ukraine · SFMS

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions1,238

The Security Council's set of sanctions serve as the foundation for most national sanctions lists.

UNSC

French National Asset Freezing System5,117

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,277

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories425,625

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,598

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,801

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,678

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,256

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

Qatar Unified Record of Persons and Entities on Sanction List708

This dataset contains both UN-mandated and the national sanctions designations for Qatar (Targeted Financial Sanctions).

Qatar · NCTC

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,908

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,364

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Every Politician58,911

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

MySociety · non-official source

Moldovan Sanctions for Terrorism and Proliferation of WMD698

Sanctions on persons and entities involved in terrorist activities and the proliferation of weapons of masss destruction

Moldova · CAS-SIS

Israel Prevention of Distribution and Financing of WMDs designations236

List of entities and individuals subject to sanctions under the Prevention of Distribution and Financing of Weapons of Mass Destruction Law

Israel · Isreali Ministry of Finance

External databases

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

Wikidata377,203

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

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: zafic-384-choe-hwi · gb-fcdo-dpr0206 · md-terr-eee4733c9af76fce272b17b0820043f936cf0b24 · il-wmd-7e701afaae07f8e6c6d1657252e1e8c5d2c2822f · eu-tb-logical-112286 · ch-seco-36423 · NK-M9zS8wWsxiRY7SZsjDZkf9 · NK-dRQcRPqGbgxrn7CBfRc9yf · ja-mof-c7c3fc13563841b64fa82b33d3408ce5dd8d31a6 · gb-hmt-13473 · zafic-381 · eu-fsf-eu-4072-35 · qa-nctc-6908582-choe-hwi · ofac-21306 · au-dfat-3242-choe-hwi · NK-QzqxENUkV2hByJeqtCm78n · unsc-6908582 · evpo-49aed4c0-7cee-4386-8c06-de9548e8ba2e · fr-ga-2452 · NK-AiZpB4FMoMms2hPYQb3qaZ · ru-wmd-201-kpi-042 · md-terr-01ead39f45390c43042416be71e09e663fb093cc · zafic-1807 · ua-sfms-1480 · mc-freezes-863f680e044cc1c3fdfd079560c6e38421833e5f

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