The chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly is the presiding officer of the Supreme People's Assembly, the supreme state organ of power of North Korea. The chairman also concurrently serves as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.
The Supreme People's Assembly elects a chairman to preside its sessions.Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Article 94 Vice chairmen are elected alongside the chairman. The president of the State Affairs Commission has the powers to suspend the duties of, appoint, or dismiss the premier during the recess of the Supreme People's Assembly.
From 1972 until 1998 and since 2026, the chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly has been ex officio the chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1972), Article 86
The position is vacant since 20 June 2026.
List of office holders No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartySPA1Ho Hon19481951Workers' Party of North Korea1st Workers' Party of KoreaVacant 2 Ri Yong 1953 1957 Laboring People's Party3Choe Won-taek19571967Workers' Party of Korea 2nd 3rd 4 Paek Nam-un 1967 1972 Workers' Party of Korea 4th5Hwang Jang-yop19721983Workers' Party of Korea 5th 6th7th6Yang Hyong-sop19831998Workers' Party of Korea 8th 9th7Choe Thae-bok19982019Workers' Party of Korea 10th 11th 12th 13th 8 Pak Thae-song 2019 2023 Workers' Party of Korea14th 9 Pak In-chol 2023 2025 Workers' Party of KoreaVacant 10 Jo Yong-won 2026 2026 Workers' Party of Korea 15thVacant
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