Alejandro Cao de Benós
Alejandro Cao de Benós | |
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Alejandro Cao de Benós in Pyongyang in 2012 | |
| President of the Korean Friendship Association | |
| Assumed office 8 August 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alejandro Cao de Benós de Les y Pérez 24 December 1974 |
| Party | Workers' Party of Korea (honorary, since 2002) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | North Korea |
| Branch/service | Korean People's Army |
| Rank | Junior Lieutenant |
| Alejandro Cao de Benós | |
| Hangul | 조선일 |
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| Hanja | 朝鮮一 |
| RR | Jo Seonil |
| MR | Cho Sŏnil |
Alejandro Cao de Benós de Les y Pérez (born 24 December 1974) is a Spanish political activist. He is a Special Representative of the Foreign Ministry of North Korea. He is, according to himself, also the Special Delegate of North Korea's Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. He is wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
He is also the founder, president, and only salaried member of the Korean Friendship Association (KFA). He has been an advocate of North Korea since 1990. His Korean name, Cho Sun-il ("One Korea"), is self-given but not a legal name as he travels using his Spanish passport. He is an honorary member of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea and the Korean People's Army. He has lived in Tarragona and Barcelona, working as an IT consultant. In April 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Cao de Benós "with conspiring to violate United States sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea."