Pak Thae-song

In this Korean name, the family name is Pak.

Pak Thae-song
박태성
Official portrait, 2024
14th Premier of North Korea
Incumbent
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	(1955-09-14) 14 September 1955 (age 70) North Korea
Citizenship	North Korean
Political 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)^[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]

Biography

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.^[6] In May 2014, he became the responsible secretary of the party committee in South Pyongan Province. 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 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.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. 박태성(남성). nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 6 March 2021.
2. "8th Session of 14th SPA of DPRK Held". KCNA Watch. 19 January 2023.
3. "In full: promotions and demotions at North Korea's 14th SPA". NK PRO. Korea Risk Group. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
4. "Pak Thae Song". North Korea Leadership Watch. February 28, 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
5. 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.
6. 태영호 "북한 비선실세는 조연준, 조용원, 박태성". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2024-11-12.

Political offices
Preceded by Choe Thae-bok	Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly April 2019 – January 2023	Succeeded by Pak In-chol
Preceded by Kim Tok-hun	Premier of North Korea December 2024 – present	Incumbent