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The Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (Korean: 최고인민회의 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 | |
 | |
since 17 January 2023 | |
| Appointer | Supreme People's Assembly |
| Term length | Same as the term of the Supreme People's Assembly |
| Inaugural holder | Ho Hon |
| Formation | 8 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 | .jpg)
|
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- ^ a b c Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Article 94
- ^ Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1972), Article 86
- ^ a b "8th Session of 14th SPA of DPRK Held". KCNA Watch. 19 January 2023.
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