Pak Thae-song
Pak Thae-song | |
|---|---|
박태성 | |
Pak in 2019 | |
| 14th Premier of North Korea | |
| Assumed office 29 December 2024 | |
| Supreme Leader | Kim Jong Un |
| Preceded by | Kim Tok-hun |
| Vice President of the State Affairs Commission | |
| Assumed office 29 December 2024 | |
| President | Kim Jong Un |
| 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 | 14 September 1955 North Korea |
| Citizenship | North Korean |
| Party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박태성 |
| Hanja | 朴泰成 |
| RR | Bak Taeseong |
| MR | Pak T'aesŏng |
Pak Thae-song (Korean: 박태성, born 14 September 1955) is a North Korean politician who has served as the premier of North Korea and vice president of the State Affairs Commission since December 2024. He previously served as the chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from January 2021 to January 2023.
Biography
Pak Thae-song was born on 14 September 1955.[1]
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.[2] In May 2014, he became the responsible secretary of the party committee in South Pyongan Province. In May 2016, 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.[3]
Pak became the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly in April 2019.[3] He became a member of the Party Politburo and a secretary of the Party Secretariat in January 2021.[3] In January 2023, it was confirmed that he resigned as the chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly.[4][5][6] He became the Chairman of the National Emergency Space Science and Technology Committee in March 2023.[3]
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.[7]
References
- ^ 박태성(남성). nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ 태영호 "북한 비선실세는 조연준, 조용원, 박태성". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ a b c d "권력기구도". Seoul: Political and Military Analysis Division, Intelligence and Analysis Bureau; Ministry of Unification. June 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ "8th Session of 14th SPA of DPRK Held". KCNA Watch. 19 January 2023.
- ^ "In full: promotions and demotions at North Korea's 14th SPA". NK PRO. Korea Risk Group. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Pak Thae Song". North Korea Leadership Watch. February 28, 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ Park Boram (29 December 2024). "N. Korea appoints Pak Thae-song as new premier at year-end party meeting: KCNA". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 29 December 2024.