Jong Sang-hak

From 10 January 2021 to June 2022 he served as the head of the Central Auditing Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea.^[1] Following the 1st Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee during the 8th WPK Congress he was elected a member of the 8th Politburo.^[2] In addition to that, he was elected a director of the Central Committee department.^[3] He is considered to be part of a new elite generation, promoted to power by Kim Jong-un.^[4]