Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly

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President of of the Supreme People's Assembly
Emblem of North Korea
Incumbent Pak Thae-song since 11 April 2019
Appointer	Supreme People's Assembly
Term length	Same as the term of the Supreme People's Assembly
Inaugural holder	Ho Hon
Formation	9 September 1948

The Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea presides over the sessions of the Supreme People's Assembly, the legislature of North Korea. The current chairman is Pak Thae-song, who was elected on 11 April 2019.^[1]

Powers[]

Article 94 of the Constitution of North Korea states that the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly is elected by the Supreme People's Assembly to preside over its sessions. The chairman has vice-chairmen elected alongside him.

From 1972 until 1998, the Chairman also served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly when the SPA was not in session.

List of office holders[]

Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Chairman		Political party		Term		Election
	Ho Hon 허헌 1885–1951		Workers' Party of North Korea	9 September 1948	17 August 1951	1st SPA
			Workers' Party of Korea
Vacant (17 August 1951–22 December 1953)
	Ri Yong 리영 1889–1960		Laboring People's Party	22 December 1953	20 September 1957	1st SPA
	Choe Won-taek 최원택 1895–1973		Workers' Party of Korea	20 September 1957	23 October 1962	2nd SPA
				23 October 1962	16 December 1967	3rd SPA
	Paek Nam-un 백남운 1894–1976		Workers' Party of Korea	16 December 1967	28 December 1972	4th SPA
	Hwang Jang-yop 황장엽 1923–2010		Workers' Party of Korea	28 December 1972	16 December 1977	5th SPA
				16 December 1977	6 April 1982	6th SPA
				6 April 1982	7 April 1983	7th SPA
	Yang Hyong-sop 양형섭 (born 1925)		Workers' Party of Korea	7 April 1983	29 December 1986
				29 December 1986	24 May 1990	8th SPA
				24 May 1990	5 September 1998	9th SPA
	Choe Thae-bok 최태복 (born 1930)		Workers' Party of Korea	5 September 1998	3 September 2003	10th SPA
				3 September 2003	9 April 2009	11th SPA
				9 April 2009	9 April 2014	12th SPA
				9 April 2014	11 April 2019	13th SPA
	Pak Thae-song 박태성 (born 1955)		Workers' Party of Korea	11 April 2019	Incumbent	14th SPA

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