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Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly
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 | |
| 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
| Chairman | Political party | Term start | Term end | SPA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ho Hon 허헌 (1885–1951) | Workers' Party of North Korea (until 1949) | 8 September 1948 | 17 August 1951 | 1st | ||
| Workers' Party of Korea (from 1949) | ||||||
| Vacant (17 August 1951–22 December 1953) | ||||||
| Ri Yong 리영 (1889–1960) | Laboring People's Party | 22 December 1953 | 20 September 1957 | |||
| Choe Won-taek 최원택 (1895–1973) | Workers' Party of Korea | 20 September 1957 | 16 December 1967 | 2nd | ||
| 3rd | ||||||
| Paek Nam-un 백남운 (1894–1976) | Workers' Party of Korea | 16 December 1967 | 28 December 1972 | 4th | ||
| Hwang Jang-yop 황장엽 (1923–2010) | Workers' Party of Korea | 28 December 1972 | 7 April 1983 | 5th | ||
| 6th | ||||||
| 7th | ||||||
| Yang Hyong-sop 양형섭 (1925–2022) | Workers' Party of Korea | 7 April 1983 | 5 September 1998 | |||
| 8th | ||||||
| 9th | ||||||
| Choe Thae-bok 최태복 (born 1930) | Workers' Party of Korea | 5 September 1998 | 11 April 2019 | 10th | ||
| 11th | ||||||
| 12th | ||||||
| 13th | ||||||
| Pak Thae-song 박태성 (born 1955) | Workers' Party of Korea | 11 April 2019 | 17 January 2023 | 14th | ||
| Pak In-chol 박인철 | Workers' Party of Korea | 17 January 2023[3] | Incumbent | |||