Name   Jang Jae-on (aka Jang Jae-chol) Sex   Male Date of Birth     Place of Birth     Posts Held Chairman of the Central Committee of the (North) Korean Red Cross, chairman of the Central Committee of the (North) Korean Catholic Churches’ Association, president of the (North) Korean Religious Leaders’ Federation, the North’s vice chairman of the Pan-Korean Alliance for Reunification, members of the 10th and 11th Supreme People’s Assemblies Claim to Fame Clergyman, expert in relations with South Korea Education   Profile Jang Jae-on is a clergyman who is deeply involved in inter-Korean relations. On the religious front, he was elected in 1989 chairman of the (North) Korean Catholic Federation. In the same year, he was named vice chairman of the (North) Korean Religious Leaders’ Federation and chairman five years later. In 1996, he became president of the (North) Korean Catholic Churches’ Association. On inter-Korean relations, Jang in 1994 took part in discussing measures to abolish the National Security Law of South Korea under his alias, Je-chol. He also served on the North’s Central Committee of the Pan-Korean Alliance for Reunification for seven years and was raised to vice chairman of the group in 1998. In diplomacy, he was named vice president of an association for friendship with Japan in 1991. Since 1998, he has headed the Central Committee of the North’s Red Cross.

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