| Ho Jong-suk | |||||||||||||||||
| Office: | Chief Justice of the People's Supreme Court | ||||||||||||||||
| Convocation: | 2nd term | ||||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 28 October 1959 | ||||||||||||||||
| Term End: | 24 June 1960 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Kim Ha-un | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor: | Kim Ik-son | ||||||||||||||||
| Office1: | Minister of Justice | ||||||||||||||||
| Convocation1: | 2nd term | ||||||||||||||||
| Premier1: | Kim Il Sung | ||||||||||||||||
| Term Start1: | 18 September 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
| Term End1: | 31 August 1959 | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor1: | Post abolished | ||||||||||||||||
| Convocation2: | 1st term | ||||||||||||||||
| Premier2: | Kim Il Sung | ||||||||||||||||
| Term Start2: | 3 August 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
| Term End2: | 18 September 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Hong Ki-ju | ||||||||||||||||
| Office3: | Minister of Culture and Propaganda | ||||||||||||||||
| Convocation3: | 1st term | ||||||||||||||||
| Premier3: | Kim Il Sung | ||||||||||||||||
| Term Start3: | 9 September 1948 | ||||||||||||||||
| Term End3: | 3 August 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor3: | Post established | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor3: | Han Sol-ya as Minister of Education and Culture | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Ho Jong-ja | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 16 July 1908 | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Seoul, Korean Empire | ||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Pyongyang, North Korea | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Politician, activist | ||||||||||||||||
| Father: | Ho Hon | ||||||||||||||||
| Party: | Workers' Party of Korea | ||||||||||||||||
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| Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||||||||||
Ho Jong-suk (; 16 July 1908 – 5 June 1991) was a prominent female figure in the Communist Party of Korea and sexual liberation of Korea under Japanese rule.[1] From 1948, she served multiple offices in North Korea, including the Minister of Health and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Korea.
She was born Hŏ Jŏng-ja,[2] the daughter of Ho Hon. In her early years, Ho went to Japan to study in Kwansei School in Tokyo. She later left and in her next years Ho went to the Shanghai International Settlement of Republic of China where she was given an entrance to Shanghai Foreign High School where she graduated.[3] Later she returned to her country. In 1921, she participated in the women Movement and joined Korean Communist Party.
At that time, Japanese Government-General of Korea decided to make the Communist Party illegal. She avoided persecution for participation in the Communist Party. Later in 1924, she was introduced to International Women's Day, in March 1925, she went to a Women's Day event in Seoul. In 1927 she was a founding member of and also participated to Singanhoe .[4]
Ho also was in favor of "Unrelated Love and Sex". Her opinion was denounced in Korean society because at that time, the vestiges of fundamentalist Confucianism remained in the Koreas.
In 1936, she went to China where she participated in the Korean National Revolutionary Party . In 1938, she went to Hebei, participated in, an Anti-Japanese Korean resistance Group. In 1945, she went to Seoul but she left for North Korea to avoid right-wing terrorism. In 1948 she participated in the North Korean government. She served as Minister of Culture in 1948–1957, and Minister of Justice in 1957.[5]
Ho served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Korea between 28 October 1959 and 1960.[6] [7]