Pak Thae-song | |
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박태성 | |
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| 14thPremier of North Korea | |
| Assumed office 29 December 2024 | |
| 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 ofSouth 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) is a North Korean politician who has served as thepremier of North Korea andvice president of the State Affairs Commission since December 2024. He previously served as thechairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from January 2021 to January 2023.
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 becamevice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[2] In May 2014, he became the responsible secretary of the party committee inSouth 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 theChairman 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 appointedPremier of North Korea at the conclusion of the annual year-end general meeting of theCentral Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea thereby succeedingKim Tok-hun.[7]
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| Preceded by | Chairman of theSupreme People's Assembly April 2019 – January 2023 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Premier of North Korea December 2024 – present | Incumbent |
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