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JO YONG-WON

Politician · Sanctioned entity · Counter-sanctioned entity

JO YONG-WON is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	JO YONG-WON · JO, Yong-Won · Jo Yong Won · Jo Yong-Won · Jo Yong-won · 10 more...				[sources]
Other name	Cho Yongwon · YONG-WON JO · YONGWON CHO · Yongwon Cho · チョ・ヨンウォン · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1957-10-24				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Citizenship	North Korea				[sources]
Description	North Korean official, who attended the Hwasong-17 ICBM launch on November 18, 2022. Vice Director of the Worker's Party of Korea's Organization and Guidance Department (KPe.052), which directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea and the DPRK’s military. Accompanied North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to a ballistic missile test on January 27, 2022.				[sources]
First name	Cho · Cho Yongwon · JO · YONG-WON · YONGWON · 4 more...				[sources]
ID Number	`108210124`				[sources]
Last name	CHO · Cho · JO · JO YONG-WON · Jo · 2 more...				[sources]
Passport number	`108210124` · `108210124 (04.06.2023’e kadar geçerli)` · `108210124 (Expired: 4 Jun 2023)` · `108210124 (Expired: 4 June 2023)` · `108210124、旅券失効日：2023年６月４日`				[sources]
Second name	YONG-WON · يونغ - وون				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q56825089				[sources]
Position	Ancien vice-directeur du Département de l'organisation et de l'orientation · Former Vice Director of the Worker's Party of Korea's Organization and Guidance Department, which directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea and the DPRK’s military · Former Vice Director of the Workers Party of Koreas Organization and Guidance Department, which directs key personnel appointments for the Workers Party of Korea and the DPRKs military, Secretary and Chief of Organization and Guidance Department of the Worker’s Party of Korea · Secretary and Chief of Organisation and Guidance Department of the Worker’s Party of Korea; former Vice Director of the Worker's Party of Korea's Organization and Guidance Department · Secretary and Chief of Organization and Guidance Department of the Worker’s Party of Korea · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Kim Il-sung University				[sources]
Address	COREE DU NORD · Democratic People's Republic of Korea · Democratic People`s Republic of Korea · Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea · Kore Demokratik Halk Cumhuriyeti · 1 more...				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.nknews.org				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-19	Last processed	2024-11-19	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

Secretary and Chief of Organization and Guidance Department of the Worker’s Party of Korea. Former Vice Director of the Worker's Party of Korea's Organization and Guidance Department, which directs key personnel appointments for the Workers' Party of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's military. Gender: male. Passport no. 08210124 (Expired: 4 June 2023).

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-10-11

Secretary and Chief of Organization and Guidance Department of the Worker’s Party of Korea Former Vice Director of the Worker's Party of Korea's Organization and Guidance Department, which directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea and the DPRK’s military.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2024-08-23

Ancien vice-directeur du Département de l'organisation et de l'orientation, qui supervise les nominations aux postes clés du Parti des travailleurs et de l'armée de la RPDC

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-08-17

Designation: Vice Director of the Worker's Party of Korea's Organization and Guidance Department, which directs key personnel appointments for the Workers’ Party of Korea and the DPRK’s military 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

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
北朝鮮	North Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	North Korea

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`108210124`	-	National passport	-	-
`108210124`	-	Passport	-	-
`108210124 (Expired: 4 Jun 2023)`	North Korea	passport	-	-
`108210124`	-	National passport	-	-

Memberships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
Korean People's Army	Maj. General	2022-11-26	-
ORGANIZATION AND GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT (OGD)	Vice Director	-	-
Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea	Member of the Presidium of the Politburo	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2017-01-11	-
UN Security Council	Resolution 2356 (2017)	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UN	The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2017-06-02	-
Centrul Antiterorist al Serviciului de Informaţii şi Securitate al Republicii Moldova	Comitetul Consiliului de Securitate al ONU instituit prin Rezoluția 1718 (2006)	-	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	1718 (DPRK)	2023-10-11	-
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) · (UE) 2023/2576 du 13/11/2023 (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) · décision du comité des sanctions des Nations unies du 16/08/2023 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509)	-	-
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	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	PRK	2023-11-15	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	PRK	2023-11-15	-
Isreali Ministry of Finance	-	2018-03-12	-
Financial Intelligence Centre	-	-	-
Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Treasury and Finance - Financial Crimes Investigation Board	Asset freezes within the scope of Articles 3.A and 3.B of Law No. 7262, aimed at preventing the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2017-01-11	-
State Finance Monitoring Service	РБ ООН (Комітет 1718 (2006))	2023-08-17	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UN	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2017-06-02	-
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	-

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

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,598

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

Japan · MoF

DPRK Reports5,540

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

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,678

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,986

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

US SAM Procurement Exclusions120,096

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

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) List33,150

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

Türkiye Asset Freezing Sanctions List (MASAK)2,219

Individuals, entities, and organizations whose assets are frozen by the Republic of Türkiye based on United Nations Security Council resolutions, requests from foreign countries, domestic decisions, and efforts to counter the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Türkiye · MASAK

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

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: ofac-21303 · zafic-677 · zafic-2104 · eu-fsf-eu-4073-0 · ja-mof-1008297c33b6b35d86c1eef95cef7472c4966bb8 · NK-TcysNdNqkUHN9LKMJiq4xa · kprusi-ddeb5466634dbcdd765bbd66294186cb523bd1b8 · eu-tb-logical-112291 · qa-nctc-6908583-jo-yong-won · md-terr-98777d0945835fdb9379fafb526e7bddc5b5ec0a · zafic-680-jo-yong-won · usgsa-s4mr5csj6 · gb-hmt-13488 · ua-sfms-1481 · mc-freezes-db3e7cc4ff9a0b17eeb3c5ae8f610694136589cf · gb-fcdo-dpr0220 · tr-fcib-71891f5b515fe7c531a1b224b6e2f28d9139a6eb · au-dfat-3243-jo-yong-won · ch-seco-36431 · unsc-6908583 · fr-ga-2479 · ru-wmd-202-kpi-043 · NK-bXqQeZ3u98zM4pSrZnc6Am · usgsa-s4mr5czz9 · NK-BGzZd8NPm2dZw3HJTynrAJ · il-wmd-fda2cfb3a708c2944404a7a6877b0b56c76928b2 · md-terr-84626b07bfc7308cf088a5e08bb327758535f74a

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