# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jo-myong-rok
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:17:40.585Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jo-myong-rok"
name: "Jo Myong-rok"
slug: "jo-myong-rok"
description: "Jo Myong-rok was a North Korean military officer who held the military rank Chasu. In 1998, he was appointed first vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea, Director of the Korean People's Army General Political Bureau. Previously, he was the commander of the air defence forces."
tagline: "North Korean military commander (1928-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cho_Myong-nok_and_Bill_Clinton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1928-07-12"
deathDate: "2010-11-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.71
  momentum:             4.395886889460153
  historical:           14.19431733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جو تشاو (ضابط من كوريا الشماليه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Чо Мён Рок"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jo Myong-rok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Myong-rok"
    title: "Jo Myong-rok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Myong-rok"
    title: "Jo Myong-rok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Myong-rok"
    title: "Jo Myong-rok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Myong-rok"
    title: "Jo Myong-rok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%99%E6%98%8E%E7%A6%84"
    title: "趙明禄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EB%AA%85%EB%A1%9D"
    title: "조명록"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_My%C5%8Fng_Rok"
    title: "Jo Myŏng Rok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jo Myong-Rok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D1%91%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BA"
    title: "Чо Мён Рок"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Myong-rok"
    title: "Jo Myong-rok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BA"
    title: "Чо Мьон Рок"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Myong-rok"
    title: "Jo Myong-rok"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516158"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump