Pak Pong-ju

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Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl 박봉주
Hancha 朴 鳳 柱, 朴 奉 珠
Revised
Romanization 		Bak bong-ju
McCune-
Reischauer 		Pak Pongju

Pak Pong-ju (born April 10, 1939 in Sŏngjin , then the Japanese Empire , now North Korea ) is a North Korean politician and economic function . He served as head of government of North Korea from 2004 to 2007 and again from 2013 to 2019.

Life

Pak became director of the Ryongchon Food Factory in P'yongan -pukto Province in 1962 . In October 1980 he became a candidate for the Central Committee of the Labor Party of Korea (PdAK). From May 1983 he was vice-chairman of the PdAK committee for light industry and from March 1994 vice-chairman of the committee for the monitoring of economic policy. In the same year he took part in the preparations for the funeral service for the late President Kim Il-sung . Among the 273 officially entrusted with this task, he was ranked 188, which indicates that Pak was at the time in the leadership elite of North Korea a rather subordinate position. Even so, in September 1998, under Prime Minister Hong Sŏng-nam, he was appointed Minister of Chemical Industry. Since September 3, 2003 he himself was Prime Minister of North Korea. The Supreme People's Assembly deposed him on April 11, 2007 and elected Minister of Transportation Kim Yong-il as his successor. The removal of Pak Pong-ju is said to have been preceded by a conflict over economic policy. The course pursued by Pak Pong-ju is said to have been criticized for being too market economy or capitalist . During his time as head of government, Pak Pong-ju accompanied the North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il on trips through North Korea and the People's Republic of China .

On April 1, 2013, during the seventh session of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly, he was reappointed chairman of the Council of Ministers and swore the oath of office before parliament. The appointment of the close confidante of Kim Jong-us aunt Kim Kyŏng-hŭi is interpreted as a step to further consolidate the power of the Kims after the death of Kim Jong-il .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short Biography of Premier Pak Pong Ju ( Memento from September 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). KCNA of April 2, 2013 (English).
  2. ↑ 5th Session of 11th SPA of DPRK Held , KCNA . April 11, 2007. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved on April 14, 2007. 
  3. ^ 1st Session of 11th SPA of DPRK Held , KCNA. September 3, 2003. Archived from the original on May 16, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2007. 
  4. ↑ Pak Pong Ju new chairman of the Council of Ministers: New head of government appointed in North Korea . RP Online from April 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ Kim Jong Un elects new prime minister . Spiegel Online from April 1, 2013.
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Pak is the family name here, Pong-ju is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Pak, pong-ju
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 박봉주 (Hangeul); 朴 鳳 柱 (Hanja); 朴 奉 珠 (Hanja)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION North Korean politician and prime minister
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Sŏngjin , former Japanese Empire , now North Korea