Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly

Summary

The Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (Korean최고인민회의 의장) is the presiding officer of the Supreme People's Assembly, the legislature of North Korea.[1]

Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly
최고인민회의 의장
Incumbent
Pak In-chol
since 17 January 2023
AppointerSupreme People's Assembly
Term lengthSame as the term of the Supreme People's Assembly
Inaugural holderHo Hon
Formation8 September 1948

The Supreme People's Assembly elects a chairman to preside its sessions.[1] Vice chairmen are elected alongside the chairman.[1]

From 1972 until 1998, the chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly was concurrently the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.[2]

The current chairman is Pak In-chol, who was elected on 23 January 2023.[3]

List of office holders edit

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party SPA
Took office Left office
1   Ho Hon
허헌
(1885–1951)
8 September
1948
17 August
1951
Workers' Party of North Korea
(until 1949)
1st
Workers' Party of Korea
(from 1949)
Vacant
(17 August 1951–22 December 1953)
2   Ri Yong
리영
(1889–1960)
22 December
1953
20 September
1957
Laboring People's Party
3   Choe Won-taek
최원택
(1895–1973)
20 September
1957
16 December
1967
Workers' Party of Korea 2nd
3rd
4   Paek Nam-un
백남운
(1894–1976)
16 December
1967
28 December
1972
Workers' Party of Korea 4th
5   Hwang Jang-yop
황장엽
(1923–2010)
28 December
1972
7 April
1983
Workers' Party of Korea 5th
6th
7th
6   Yang Hyong-sop
양형섭
(1925–2022)
7 April
1983
5 September
1998
Workers' Party of Korea
8th
9th
7   Choe Thae-bok
최태복
(1930–2024)
5 September
1998
11 April
2019
Workers' Party of Korea 10th
11th
12th
13th
8   Pak Thae-song
박태성
(born 1955)
11 April
2019
17 January
2023
Workers' Party of Korea 14th
9   Pak In-chol[3]
박인철
17 January
2023
Incumbent Workers' Party of Korea

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Article 94
  2. ^ Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1972), Article 86
  3. ^ a b "8th Session of 14th SPA of DPRK Held". KCNA Watch. 19 January 2023.