The vice presidents of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (), previously titled as vice chairmen of the State Affairs Commission, are members of the State Affairs Commission under the President of the State Affairs of North Korea and above the commission's members.
The Constitution of North Korea states that the State Affairs Commission includes a first vice president (Korean: 제1부위원장) and vice presidents.Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Article 108 The vice presidents are nominated by the president of the State Affairs and elected by the Supreme People's Assembly for a term that coincides with the assembly's term.Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Article 91Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Article 109 The vice presidents of the State Affairs Commission may carry out tasks authorized by the president of the State Affairs.
The post was first created under the title of vice chairman of the National Defence Commission through the 1972 North Korean constitution.Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1972), Article 76 The position of first vice chairman of the National Defence Commission was created in 1992 and abolished in 2012.Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1992), Article 91 With the abolition of the National Defence Commission and its replacement with the State Affairs Commission in 2016, the current position was created under its initial title as vice chairman of the State Affairs Commission. The position of first vice chairman of the State Affairs Commission was unofficially created on 11 April 2019 and was made official through a constitutional amendment on 29 August of the same year. As the position of chairman of the State Affairs Commission began to be referred to as president of the State Affairs in February 2021, the positions of first vice chairman and vice chairman began to be referred to as first vice president and vice president respectively.
The incumbent first vice president of the State Affairs Commission is Choe Ryong-hae, who was elected on 11 April 2019 after serving as vice president since 29 June 2016. The incumbent vice president of the State Affairs Commission is Kim Tok-hun, who was elected on 29 September 2019.
List of office holders
First Vice President
National Defence Commission No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyChairmanSPA1Kim Jong Il김정일19901993Workers' Party of KoreaKim Il Sung9th2O Jin-u오진우19931995Workers' Party of KoreaKim Jong IlVacant3Jo Myong-rok조명록19982010Workers' Party of Korea10th11th12thVacant
State Affairs Commission No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyPresidentSPA4Choe Ryong-hae최룡해20192026Workers' Party of KoreaKim Jong Un14th5Jo Yong-won조용원2026IncumbentWorkers' Party of Korea15th
Vice President
National Defence Commission No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyChairmanSPA1Choe Hyon최현19721977Workers' Party of KoreaKim Il Sung5th2O Jin-u오진우19721977Workers' Party of Korea3O Paek-ryong오백룡19721977Workers' Party of Korea(1)Choe Hyon최현19771982Workers' Party of KoreaKim Il Sung6th(2)O Jin-u오진우19771982Workers' Party of Korea(3)O Paek-ryong오백룡19771982Workers' Party of Korea(1)Choe Hyon최현19821982Workers' Party of KoreaKim Il Sung7th(2)O Jin-u오진우19821986Workers' Party of Korea(3)O Paek-ryong오백룡19821984Workers' Party of Korea(2)O Jin-u오진우19861990Workers' Party of KoreaKim Il Sung8th(2)O Jin-u오진우19901993Workers' Party of KoreaKim Il SungKim Jong Il9th4Choe Kwang최광19901997Workers' Party of KoreaNone5Kim Il-chol김일철19982003Workers' Party of KoreaKim Jong Il10th6Ri Yong-mu리용무19982003Workers' Party of Korea7Yon Hyong-muk연형묵20032005Workers' Party of KoreaKim Jong Il11th(6)Ri Yong-mu리용무20032009Workers' Party of Korea8Kim Yong-chun김영춘20072009Workers' Party of Korea9O Kuk-ryol오극렬20092009Workers' Party of Korea(8)Kim Yong-chun김영춘20092014Workers' Party of KoreaKim Jong IlVacantKim Jong Un12th(6)Ri Yong-mu리용무20092014Workers' Party of Korea(9)O Kuk-ryol오극렬20092014Workers' Party of Korea10Jang Song-thaek장성택20102013Workers' Party of Korea11Choe Ryong-hae최룡해20142014Workers' Party of KoreaKim Jong Un13th(6)Ri Yong-mu리용무20142016Workers' Party of Korea(9)O Kuk-ryol오극렬20142016Workers' Party of Korea12Hwang Pyong-so황병서20142016Workers' Party of Korea
State Affairs Commission No.PortraitNameTerm of officePartyPresidentSPA(11)Choe Ryong-hae최룡해20162019Workers' Party of KoreaKim Jong Un13th(12)Hwang Pyong-so황병서20162018Workers' Party of Korea13Pak Pong-ju박봉주20162019Workers' Party of Korea(13)Pak Pong-ju박봉주20192021Workers' Party of KoreaKim Jong Un14th14Kim Tok-hun김덕훈20212026Workers' Party of Korea15Pak Thae-song박태성2026IncumbentWorkers' Party of KoreaKim Jong Un15th
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