Hong Ki-ju explained

Hong Ki-ju
Office:Standing Committee Vice Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly
Term Start:22 December 1953
Term End:20 September 1957
Birth Date:1893
Birth Place:Korea, Empire of Japan
Death Date:1960
Death Place:Pyongyang, North Korea
Citizenship:North Korea
Nationality:Korean
Party:Korean Social Democratic Party
Module:
Child:yes
Hangul:홍기주
Rr:Hong Giju
Mr:Hong Kichu
Context:north
Native Name Lang:ko

Hong Ki-ju (; 1893–1960) was a North Korean independence activist and politician who served as a member of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.

Biography

Hong Ki-ju was a Methodist pastor who was in charge of Shinmak Church in Sohung County, Hwanghae Province. He was a member of the Korean Social Democratic Party. In February 1946 he joined the Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.[1] [2] and in 1947 he became vice chairman of the People's Committee of North Korea. In the 1948 North Korean parliamentary election he was elected[3] a member of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea and following the formal declaration of independence of North Korea, he served as Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea. From December 1953 to July 1957 he served as the 3rd Minister of Justice in the 1st Cabinet of North Korea succeeding Ho Jong-suk. He was purged together with his brother in 1960.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Organization and Role of the Provisional People's Committee of North Korea. National Institute of Korean History. 11 January 2019.
  2. Web site: 민주개혁과 북한교회의 좌우분열해방공간의 겪은 북한교회의 분열과 아픔. ko. Naver. 2020-02-04. 2024-02-28.
  3. Book: Suh, Dae-Sook. Korean Communism, 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System. 1981. The University Press of Hawaii. Honolulu. 978-0-8248-0740-5. 393–400.