Cho Myung-chul

Cho Myung-chul (born 2 April 1959) is a South Korean politician who has served as the nominal governor of South Pyeongan Province since 15 July 2022. A North Korean defector and former professor at Kim Il Sung University, he has held several political positions in South Korea pertaining to Korean reunification and inter-Korean dialogue. In 2012, he became the first North Korean defector to be elected to the South Korean National Assembly. He served as a representative of the proportional representation constituency from the Saenuri Party until the end of his tenure in 2016.