In September 2010 he was appointed second secretary of the WPK Provincial Party Committee of [[Jagang Province]], in 2013 he was appointed chief secretary.<ref name="secretary">{{Cite web |title= 북한 자강도 당 책임비서에 김춘섭 임명|publisher=[[YTN]]|date =2013-08-27|access-date =2023-01-13| url =http://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0101_201308271027028919|langlanguage=ko}}</ref> In April 2015, at the 3rd meeting of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly, he was elected a member of the National Defense Commission<ref name="defensecommission">{{Cite web |title=군수공장 밀집지역 북한 자강도는 '출세의 사다리'|publisher=[[Yonhap News Agency]] |date =2015-04-10|access-date =2023-01-13| url =http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2015/04/09/0200000000AKR20150409200700014.HTML|langlanguage=ko}}</ref> instead of [[Pak To-chun]] and as director of the WPK Munition Industry department.<ref name="japanese.joins">{{Cite web |title=手首を負傷した金正恩…最高人民会議は欠席|publisher= Japanese.joins|date =2015-04-10|access-date =2023-01-13| url = https://japanese.joins.com/JArticle/198818|langlanguage=ja}}</ref><ref name="dailynk">{{Cite web |title= 金正恩氏、軍需工場を現地指導…「金日成主席と金正日総書記のねんごろな遺訓を貫徹した!」|publisher=[[Daily DailyNKNK]]|date =2015-09-04|access-date =2023-01-13| url =https://dailynk.jp/archives/51448/2|langlanguage=ja}}</ref> Prior to that appointment, he was ranked 79th in the country's hierarchy.<ref name="ranking">{{Cite web |title=Kim Jong Un's Machiavellian musical chairs|publisher= NIKKEI[[Nikkei Asia]]|date =2015-04-13|access-date =2023-01-22| url =https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Kim-Jong-Un-s-Machiavellian-musical-chairs|langlanguage=en}}</ref> He is under sanctions of the European Union.<ref name="sanctionseu">{{Cite web |title=Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/993|publisher= NIKKEI[[Nikkei Asia]]|date =2015-04-13|access-date =2023-01-22| url =https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52017XC0613(03)&from=EN|langlanguage=en}}</ref>
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