He is a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and serves as the director of the Finance and Accounting Department of the Workers' Party of Korea. In 2007 he was Chairman of the Chagang Province People's Committee. In May 2016, in accordance with the decisions of the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, he was elected to the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was a member of the funeral committee of Ri Ul-sol.