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Choe Ryong-hae
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Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea
Key facts
- Leader
- Kim Jong Un
- Preceded by
- Kim Yong-nam
- Succeeded by
- Jo Yong-won
- President
- Kim Jong Un
- Chairman
- Kim Jong Un
- Supreme commander
- Kim Jong Un
- Born
- ( 1950-01-15 ) 15 January 1950 (age 76) , Sinchon County , South Hwanghae , North Korea
- Party
- Workers' Party of Korea
- Parent
- Choe Hyon (father)
- Alma mater
- Kim Il Sung University
- Allegiance
- North Korea
- Branch service
- Korean People's Army
- Rank
- Ch'asu (Vice Marshal)
- Hangul
- 최룡해
- Hanja
- 崔龍海
- Rr
- Choe Ryonghae
- Mr
- Ch'oe Ryonghae
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Choi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- North Korea
- Place of birth
- Sinchon County
- Father
- Choe Hyon
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Kim Il-sung University
- Political party
- Workers’ Party of Korea
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Award
- Hero of the Republic
- Military rank
- ch’asu
- Image
- 18th Summit of Non-Aligned Movement gets underway in Baku 005 (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Pyongyang
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- date of birth
- 1950-01-15
- name in native language
- 최룡해
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- Choe Ryong-hae
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- Choe Ryong-hae
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Encyclopedic overview
Choe Ryong-hae (Korean: 최룡해; born 15 January 1950) is a North Korean politician and military officer who served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly and First Vice President of the State Affairs Commission, holding both positions from April 2019 to March 2026.
Born in 1950 to prominent North Korean guerilla Choe Hyon, Choe joined the Korean People's Army in 1967. His political career began in the 1970s, when he worked as a political instructor on behalf of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at Kim Il Sung University. He rose in the politics of the League of Socialist Working Youth of Korea; when it was reformed into the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League in 1996, he was appointed its first secretary. In 1998, he faced executing for selling scrap metal to foreign buyers without official permission, but survived after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's sister Kim Kyong-hui intervened to save his life.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Choe Ryong-hae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.