Pak Yong-il | |||||||||||||
Native Name Lang: | ko-Hang-KP | ||||||||||||
Office: | Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly | ||||||||||||
Term Start: | 30 August 2019 | ||||||||||||
Term End: | 18 September 2022 | ||||||||||||
1Blankname: | Chairman | ||||||||||||
1Namedata: | Choe Ryong-hae | ||||||||||||
Office1: | Chairman of the Korean Social Democratic Party | ||||||||||||
Term Start1: | 30 August 2019 | ||||||||||||
Term End1: | 18 September 2022 | ||||||||||||
Predecessor1: | Kim Yong-dae | ||||||||||||
Successor1: | Kim Ho-chol | ||||||||||||
Birth Date: | 1966 | ||||||||||||
Birth Place: | North Korea | ||||||||||||
Death Date: | 18 September 2022 (aged 56) | ||||||||||||
Nationality: | North Korean | ||||||||||||
Party: | Korean Social Democratic Party | ||||||||||||
Alma Mater: | Kim Il Sung University | ||||||||||||
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Pak Yong-il (ko|박용일; 1966 – September 2022) was a North Korean politician, who served as chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party as of 28 August 2019 and vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.[1]
Pak Yong-il was born in North Korea in 1966. He attended Kim Il Sung University.
Pak Yong-il became a member of the Peace and Unity Committee, and later became Deputy Chairman of the Peace and Unity Committee in March 2018. He became a member of the Central Committee of the Korean Red Cross in August 2006. He took part in negotiations of the Korean Red Cross representing North Korea.[2] He succeeded Kim Yong-dae as the chairman of the Central Committee of the Social Democratic Party of Korea and Vice President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly on 28 August 2019.[3]
Pak died in 18 September 2022.[4] On 20 September 2022, North Korean state media reported that leader Kim Jong Un sent a wreath the day before to express condolences over Pak Yong-il's death.[5]