| Post: | Vice Presidents of State and Vice President of the State Affairs Commission |
| Body: | the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
| Native Name: | 조선민주주의인민공화국 국무위원회 부위원장 |
| Insignia: | Emblem of North Korea.svg |
| Incumbent: | Choe Ryong-hae (as first vice president) Kim Tok-hun (as vice president) |
| Incumbentsince: | 11 April 2019 (first vice president) and 29 September 2019 (vice president) |
| Residence: | Forbidden City, Pyongyang |
| Nominator: | President of the State Affairs of North Korea |
| Appointer: | Supreme People's Assembly |
| Formation: | 28 December 1972 |
| Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of North Korea |
| Precursor: | Vice Chairman of the National Defence Commission |
| Termlength: | Five years, renewable |
| Member Of: | State Affairs Commission |
The vice presidents of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, previously titled as vice chairmen of the State Affairs Commission, are members of the State Affairs Commission under the President of the State Affairs of North Korea and above the commission's members.
The Constitution of North Korea states that the State Affairs Commission includes a first vice president (Korean: 제1부위원장) and vice presidents.[1] The vice presidents are nominated by the president of the State Affairs and elected by the Supreme People's Assembly for a term that coincides with the assembly's term.[2] [3] The vice presidents of the State Affairs Commission may carry out tasks authorized by the president of the State Affairs.
The post was first created under the title of vice chairman of the National Defence Commission through the 1972 North Korean constitution.[4] The position of first vice chairman of the National Defence Commission was created in 1992 and abolished in 2012.[5] With the abolition of the National Defence Commission and its replacement with the State Affairs Commission in 2016, the current position was created under its initial title as vice chairman of the State Affairs Commission. The position of first vice chairman of the State Affairs Commission was unofficially created on 11 April 2019 and was made official through a constitutional amendment on 29 August of the same year.[6] As the position of chairman of the State Affairs Commission began to be referred to as president of the State Affairs in February 2021, the positions of first vice chairman and vice chairman began to be referred to as first vice president and vice president respectively.[7]
The incumbent first vice president of the State Affairs Commission is Choe Ryong-hae, who was elected on 11 April 2019 after serving as vice president since 29 June 2016. The incumbent vice president of the State Affairs Commission is Kim Tok-hun, who was elected on 29 September 2019.
| First Vice Chairman of the National Defence Commission 국방위원회 제1부위원장 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Vice Chairman | Political party | Term start | Term end | SPA | Chairman | |||
| Kim Jong Il 김정일 | Workers' Party of Korea | 9 April 1992 | 9 April 1993 | 9th | Kim Il Sung | |||
| O Jin-u 오진우 | Workers' Party of Korea | 9 April 1993 | 25 February 1995 | Kim Jong Il | ||||
| Vacant (25 February 1995 – 5 September 1998) | ||||||||
| Jo Myong-rok 조명록 | Workers' Party of Korea | 5 September 1998 | 6 November 2010 | 10th | ||||
| 11th | ||||||||
| 12th | ||||||||
| Vacant (6 November 2010 – 13 April 2012) | ||||||||
| First Vice President of the State Affairs Commission 국무위원회 제1부위원장 | ||||||||
| First Vice President | Political party | Term start | Term end | SPA | President | |||
| Choe Ryong-hae 최룡해 | Workers' Party of Korea | 11 April 2019 | Incumbent | 14th | Kim Jong Un | |||