| Pak Thae-song | |||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 14 September 1955 | ||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Politician | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | North Korea | ||||||||||||
| Office: | Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly | ||||||||||||
| Leader: | Kim Jong Un | ||||||||||||
| 1Blankname: | Presidium Chairman | ||||||||||||
| 1Namedata: | Choe Ryong-hae | ||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 11 April 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Term End: | 17 January 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Choe Thae-bok | ||||||||||||
| Successor: | Pak In-chol | ||||||||||||
| Office1: | WPK Provincial Party Committee Secretary of South Pyongan Province | ||||||||||||
| Term Start1: | 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Term End1: | 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Hong In-bom | ||||||||||||
| Successor1: | Kim Tu-il | ||||||||||||
| Citizenship: | North Korean | ||||||||||||
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| Native Name Lang: | ko | ||||||||||||
Pak Thae-song (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]
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.[5] 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.