Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly

The Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea presides over the sessions of the Supreme People's Assembly, the legislature of North Korea. The current chairman is Pak Thae-song, who was elected on 11 April 2019.

Chairman of of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Incumbent
Pak Thae-song

since 11 April 2019
AppointerSupreme People's Assembly
Term lengthSame as the term of the Supreme People's Assembly
Inaugural holderHo Hon
Formation9 September 1948

Powers

Article 94 of the Constitution of North Korea states that the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly is elected by the Supreme People's Assembly to preside over its sessions. The chairman has vice-chairmen elected alongside him.

From 1972 until 1998, the Chairman also served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly when the SPA was not in session.

List of office holders

Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Chairman Political party Term Election
Ho Hon
허헌
18851951
Workers' Party of North Korea 9 September 1948 17 August 1951 1st SPA
Workers' Party of Korea
Vacant
(17 August 195122 December 1953)
Ri Yong
리영
18891960
Laboring People's Party 22 December 1953 20 September 1957 1st SPA
Choe Won-thaek
최원택
18951973
Workers' Party of Korea 20 September 1957 23 October 1962 2nd SPA
23 October 1962 16 December 1967 3rd SPA
Paek Nam-un
백남운
18941976
Workers' Party of Korea 16 December 1967 28 December 1972 4th SPA
Hwang Jang-yop
황장엽
19232010
Workers' Party of Korea 28 December 1972 16 December 1977 5th SPA
16 December 1977 6 April 1982 6th SPA
6 April 1982 7 April 1983 7th SPA
Yang Hyong-sop
양형섭
(born 1925)
Workers' Party of Korea 7 April 1983 29 December 1986
29 December 1986 24 May 1990 8th SPA
24 May 1990 5 September 1998 9th SPA
Choe Thae-bok
최태복
(born 1930)
Workers' Party of Korea 5 September 1998 3 September 2003 10th SPA
3 September 2003 9 April 2009 11th SPA
9 April 2009 9 April 2014 12th SPA
9 April 2014 11 April 2019 13th SPA
Pak Thae-song
박태성
(born 1955)
Workers' Party of Korea 11 April 2019 Present 14th SPA


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