Alejandro Cao de Benós

Alejandro Cao de Benós
Alejandro Cao de Benós in Pyongyang in 2012
President of the Korean Friendship Association
Assumed office
8 August 2000 (2000-08-08)
Preceded byPosition created
Personal details
Born
Alejandro Cao de Benós de Les y Pérez

(1974-12-24) 24 December 1974
Tarragona, Spain
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea (honorary, since 2002)
Military service
Allegiance North Korea
Branch/serviceKorean People's Army
Rank Junior Lieutenant
Alejandro Cao de Benós
Chosŏn'gŭl
조선일
Hancha
朝鮮一
Revised RomanizationJo Seon Il
McCune–ReischauerCho Sŏn-il

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 US Department of Justice charged Cao de Benós "with conspiring to violate United States sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea."