Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly
{{Short description|Government role in North Korea}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Chairman
| body = the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly
| insignia = Emblem of North Korea.svg
| insigniacaption = Emblem of North Korea
| image = 18th Summit of Non-Aligned Movement gets underway in Baku 005 (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = Choe Ryong-hae
| incumbentsince = 11 April 2019
| style =
| appointer = Supreme People's Assembly
| termlength = Same as the term of the Supreme People's Assembly
| formation = 8 September 1948
| inaugural = Kim Tu-bong
| website =
| flag = Flag of North Korea.svg
| flagsize = 125px
| flagcaption = Flag of North Korea
| insigniasize = 100px
| department = Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly
| type = Presiding officer
| constituting_instrument = Constitution of North Korea
| deputy = Vice Chairpersons
Secretary-General
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
|context = north
|hangul = 최고인민회의 상임위원회 위원장
|hanja = 最高人民會議 常任委員會 委員長
|rr = Choego inmin hoeui sangim wiwonhoe wiwonjang
|mr = Ch'oego inmin hoeŭi sangim wiwŏnhoe wiwŏnjang
}}
The chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, formerly known as the president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, is the presiding officer of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, which is the permanent body of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's highest organ of state power.
The chairman is formally elected by the SPA. The chairman organizes and guides the work of the Standing Committee, and presides over its work.Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Article 113 Additionally, the chairman receives credentials and letters of recall of diplomatic representatives accredited by foreign countries. The chairman is assisted by vice chairpersons and a secretary-general, who together comprise the Permanent Committee of the Standing Committee, The chairman is also, along with all other members of the SPA Standing Committee, a member of the Plenary Meeting of the Standing Committee.Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Article 117
The current chairman of the Standing Committee is Choe Ryong-hae, who was chosen on 11 April 2019.{{Cite web |date=12 April 2019 |title=In full: promotions and demotions at North Korea's 14th SPA |url=https://www.nknews.org/pro/in-full-promotions-and-demotions-at-north-koreas-14th-spa/ |access-date=17 April 2019 |work=NK PRO |publisher=Korea Risk Group}}
History
The 1948 Constitution created the position of Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1948), Article 48 The chairman presided over the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, which was given the power to ratify or annul treaties with foreign countries, appoint or recall ambassadors to foreign countries and receive letters of credentials or recall of foreign diplomatic representatives.Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1948), Article 49 This made the chairman of the SPA Standing Committee the de jure head of state of North Korea. Nominally, the Chairman of the SPA Standing Committee held the highest state post followed by the premier, Kim Il Sung.
The 1972 Constitution created the position of President of North Korea who is tasked with being the country's head of state.Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1972), Article 89 The Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (under the new Korean title of 최고인민회의 상설회의 의장) was removed of its power to represent the state and was limited to doing legislative work as the concurrent chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly.Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1972), Articles 86 and 87
The 1998 revision of the 1972 Constitution created the position under the new English translation of President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly with its powers as head of state restored.{{sfn|Cha|Hwang|2008|p=198}} However, the 1972 Constitution was revised in April 2019 to designate the then-Chairman of the State Affairs Commission as the head of state, with the powers reserved to the head of state being transferred to the SAC chairman in August of the same year.
In February 2022, the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission began to be referred in English as the President of the State Affairs. This led to the President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly being referred in English to its previous title of Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.
List of office holders
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
! rowspan="2" |No. ! rowspan="2" |Portrait ! rowspan="2" width="150" |Name ! colspan="3" |Term of office ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party ! rowspan="2" width="50" |SPA |
| width="85" |{{Small|Took office}}
! width="85" |{{Small|Left office}} ! width="85" |{{Small|Time in office}} |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |100px | rowspan="2" |Kim Tu-bong | rowspan="2" |{{Small|8 September}} | rowspan="2" |{{Small|20 September}} | rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1948|09|08|1957|09|20}} ! height="99" style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Korea}};" | | width="100" |Workers' Party of North Korea | rowspan="2" |1st |
| height="99" style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Korea}};" |
| Workers' Party of Korea |
| rowspan="3" |2
| rowspan="3" |100px | rowspan="3" |Choe Yong-gon | rowspan="3" |{{Small|20 September}} | rowspan="3" |{{Small|28 December}} | rowspan="3" |{{ayd|1957|09|20|1972|12|28}} ! rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Korea}};" | | rowspan="3" |Workers' Party of Korea | 2nd |
| 3rd |
| 4th |
| rowspan="3" |3
| rowspan="3" |100px | rowspan="3" |Hwang Jang-yop | rowspan="3" |{{Small|28 December}} | rowspan="3" |{{Small|7 April}} | rowspan="3" |{{ayd|1972|12|28|1983|04|07}} ! rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Korea}};" | | rowspan="3" |Workers' Party of Korea | 5th |
| 6th |
| rowspan="2" |7th |
| style="height:58px;"
| rowspan="3" |4 | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |Yang Hyong-sop | rowspan="3" |{{Small|7 April}} | rowspan="3" |{{Small|5 September}} | rowspan="3" |{{ayd|1983|04|07|1998|09|05}} ! rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Korea}};" | | rowspan="3" |Workers' Party of Korea |
| 8th |
| 9th |
| rowspan="4" |5
| rowspan="4" |100px | rowspan="4" |Kim Yong-nam | rowspan="4" |{{Small|5 September}} | rowspan="4" |{{Small|11 April}} | rowspan="4" |{{ayd|1998|09|05|2019|04|11}} ! rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Korea}};" | | rowspan="4" |Workers' Party of Korea | 10th |
| 11th |
| 12th |
| 13th |
| 6
| 100px | Choe Ryong-hae | {{Small|11 April}} | Incumbent | {{ayd|2019|04|11}} ! style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Korea}};" | | 14th |
{{Politics of North Korea}}
Timeline
{{#tag:timeline|
ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:13
PlotArea = top:10 bottom:80 right:150 left:20
AlignBars = late
Define $today = {{#time:d/m/Y}}
Colors =
id:nkwp value:red legend:Workers'_Party_of_North_Korea
id:kwp value:rgb(0.84,0.08,0.22) legend:Workers'_Party_of_Korea
id:ksdp value:rgb(0.96,0.77,0.85) legend:Korean_Social_Democratic_Party
id:gray1 value:gray(0.85)
id:gray2 value:gray(0.95)
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period = from:08/09/1948 till:$today
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:1950
ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:1949
Legend = columns:1 left:150 top:35 columnwidth:170
TextData =
pos:(20,38) textcolor:black fontsize:M
text:"Political party:"
BarData =
bar:tu-bong
bar:yong-gon
bar:jang-yop
bar:hyong-sop
bar:yong-nam
bar:ryong-hae
PlotData =
width:5 align:left fontsize:9 shift:(5,-4) anchor:till
bar: tu-bong
from: 08/09/1948 till: 24/06/1949 color:nkwp
from: 24/06/1949 till: 20/09/1957 color:kwp text:"Kim Tu-bong"
bar: yong-gon
from: 20/09/1957 till: 28/12/1972 color:ksdp text:"Choe Yong-gon"
bar: jang-yop
from: 28/12/1972 till: 07/04/1983 color:kwp text:"Hwang Jang-yop"
bar: hyong-sop
from: 07/04/1983 till: 05/09/1998 color:kwp text:"Yang Hyong-sop"
bar: yong-nam
from: 05/09/1998 till: 11/04/2019 color:kwp text:"Kim Yong-nam"
bar: ryong-hae
from: 11/04/2019 till: $today color:kwp text:"Choe Ryong-hae"
}}
References
= Citations =
{{Reflist}}
= Sources =
; Works cited
{{refbegin}}
- {{cite book |title = North Korea: A Country Study |editor-last = Worden |editor-first = Robert L. |chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/northkoreacountr0000unse/page/187 |edition = 5th |year = 2008 |location = Washington, DC |publisher = Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress |isbn = 978-0-8444-1188-0 |last1 = Cha |first1 = Victor D. |last2 = Hwang |first2 = Balbina Y. |chapter = Government and Politics |pages = [https://archive.org/details/northkoreacountr0000unse/page/187 187–234] }}
{{refend}}
{{Supreme People's Assembly}}