Pak Thae-song | |
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박태성 | |
14th Premier of North Korea | |
Assumed office 29 December 2024 | |
Leader | Kim Jong Un |
Preceded by | Kim Tok-hun |
Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly | |
In office 11 April 2019 – 17 January 2023 | |
Preceded by | Choe Thae-bok |
Succeeded by | Pak In-chol |
WPK Provincial Party Committee Secretary of South Pyongan Province | |
In office 2014–2017 | |
Preceded by | Hong In-bom |
Succeeded by | Kim Tu-il |
Personal details | |
Born | North Korea | 14 September 1955
Citizenship | North Korean |
Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
Occupation | Politician |
Korean name | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 박태성 |
Hancha | 朴泰成 |
Revised Romanization | Bak Taeseong |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak T'aesŏng |
Pak Thae-song (박태성, 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] On 29 December 2024, Pak was appointed Premier of North Korea at the conclusion of the annual year-end general meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea thereby succeeding Kim Tok-hun.[5]
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