Pak Thae-song

In this Korean name, the family name is Pak.
Pak Thae-song
박태성
Pak in 2019
14th Premier of North Korea
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 December 2024
LeaderKim Jong Un
Preceded byKim Tok-hun
Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly
In office
11 April 2019 – 17 January 2023
Preceded byChoe Thae-bok
Succeeded byPak In-chol
WPK Provincial Party Committee Secretary of South Pyongan Province
In office
2014–2017
Preceded byHong In-bom
Succeeded byKim Tu-il
Personal details
Born (1955-09-14) 14 September 1955
North Korea
CitizenshipNorth Korean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
OccupationPolitician
Korean name
Hangul
박태성
Hanja
朴泰成
RRBak Taeseong
MRPak T'aesŏng

Pak Thae-song (Korean: 박태성, born 14 September 1955)[1] is a North Korean politician. He is a Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and was the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 2019 to 2023.[2][3][4] On 29 December 2024, Pak was appointed Premier of North Korea at the conclusion of the annual year-end general meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea thereby succeeding Kim Tok-hun.[5]

Biography

After serving as a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, he became a candidate member of the party's politburo. In August 2012, he became vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[6] In May 2014, he became the responsible secretary of the party committee in Pyongannam-do. As a key executive in the organizational leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea, he is known as a key figure who actually moves the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In 2021, he briefly disappeared from the official appearance of North Korea, and rumors of a purge were circulating. In January 2023, it was confirmed that he resigned as the chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly, and he is currently serving as a member of the political bureau of the Workers' Party of Korea and secretary of the secretariat.

References

  1. ^ 박태성(남성). nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "8th Session of 14th SPA of DPRK Held". KCNA Watch. 19 January 2023.
  3. ^ "In full: promotions and demotions at North Korea's 14th SPA". NK PRO. Korea Risk Group. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Pak Thae Song". North Korea Leadership Watch. February 28, 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  5. ^ Park Boram (29 December 2024). "N. Korea appoints Pak Thae-song as new premier at year-end party meeting: KCNA". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  6. ^ 태영호 "북한 비선실세는 조연준, 조용원, 박태성". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
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