Jang Chol

In this Korean name, the family name is Jang.

Jang Chol
President of the State Academy of Sciences
14th term
In office 9 April 2014 – Incumbent
President	Kim Jong Un
Premier	Kim Tok-hun Kim Jae-ryong
Succeeded by	Kim Sung-jin
13th term
In office 9 April 2014 – 11 April 2019
Chairman	Kim Jong Un
Premier	Pak Pong-ju
Preceded by	Pyon Yong-rip
Personal details
Born	1955 (age 68–69) Pyongyang, North Korea
Citizenship	North Korean
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea
Occupation	Politician, scientist

Jang Chol (Korean: 장철, born 1955) is a North Korean politician and scientist. He served as President of the State Academy of Sciences under the Cabinet of North Korea and a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was elected a deputy to the 11th and 12th convocations of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.

Biography

Jang was born in 1955 in Pyongyang. In February 1999, he was appointed the manager of the state-of-the-art electronic engineering base at the National Academy of Sciences, and was appointed the manager of the enterprise where Jeon Hee-seok works. Since serving as Director of the National Academy of Sciences in 2005, he has been the Director of the Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea since September 2009. In September 2010, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. In 2003, he served as a member of the 11th convocation to the Supreme People's Assembly and following the April 2009, he has been member of the 12th convocation. At the time of the death of Jo Myong-rok in 2010 and death of Kim Jong Il in 2011, he was a member of the funeral committee.