DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA: GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE

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• Publication Date: June 1, 1989
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t Directorate of
Intelligence
Democratic People's Republic of Korea:
Government Structure
A Reference Aid
LDA 89-12345
June 1989
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upteie Peoples AgeMbly
Meets once or twice yearly A total of 655
deputies were elected in 1986
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Chairman
Vice Chairmen
Secretary
Members
Yang Hyong-sop
Son Song-p'il
Yo Yong-ku
Kim Pong-chu
Yom T'ae-chun
Chong Tu-hwan
Yi Mong-ho
Chu Ch'ang-chun
Ch'oe Yong-hae
Pak Su-tong
Kim Song-ae
Kim Kyong-pong
Sok Yun-ki
Yu Ho-chun
Nam Sun-hui
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Chairman
Members
Yun Ki-pok
Pak Nam-ki
Kim Ch'ang-chu
Pak Sung-11
Yi Ch'un-song
Sin Kyong-sik
Kim Hyong-chong
Chairman
Vice Chairmen
Kye Ung-t'ae
Paek Hak-nim
Pang Hak-se
Han Sang-kyu
Kang Hyon-su
Kim Hui-chun
Chong Mun-san
Kim Ui-sun
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redentia Comm
Chairman
Members
(Vacant)
Kim Hak-tong
Kim Kuk-t'ae
So Ch'ol
Yi Ku-son
Yi Pong-won
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Democratic Pe
Government S
president
Kim Il-song
Vice Presidents
Pak Song-ch'ol
Yi Chong-ok
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General Secretary
Members
Chi Ch'ang-ik
Kim Il-song
0 Chin-u
Pak Song-ch'ol
Yi Chong-ok
Chong Song-nam
So Yun-sok
Hyon Mu-kwang
Kang Hui-won
Cho Se-ung
Yun Ki-pok
Chi Ch'ang-ik
Kim Pyong -yul
Paek Pom-su
Hong Song-nam
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Central Court'
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State' AdMinis 'ticiin ecitincil
President
Pang Hak-se
Premier
Yon Hyong-muk
Central Procurator's Office
Vice Premiers
Kim Yong-nam
Procurator General
Han Sang-kyu
Hong Song-nam
Kim Pok-sin N
Cho Se-ung
Chong Chun-ki
Kim Ch'ang-chu
Kim Hwan
Kim Yun-hyok
Kong Hui-won
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Central 'People's Qpte'ArifldorcesL
Economic Policy Minister 0 Chin-u
Foreign Policy
Internal Policy
Justice and Security
Legislative
National Defense
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Parliamentary Group
Secretary
State Inspection
Chairman
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
External Economic Affairs
Committee
Agricultural Committee
Ministry of Construction
and Building Materials
Industry
State Planning Committee
Ministry of Metal Industry
Ministry of Machine
Industry
Mining Industry Committee
Transportation Committee
Electric Power Committee
Ministry of Chemical
Industry
Fisheries Committee
People's Service Committee
State Construction
Committee
Kim Yong-nam
Kim Tal-hyon
Kim Ch'ang-chu
Chu Yong-hun
Hong Song-nam
Ch'oe Man-hyon
Kye Hyong-sun
Cho Ch'ang-tok
Yi Ku-song
Yi Chi-ch'an
Kim Hwan
Ch'oe Pok-yon
Kong Chin-Vae
Kim Ung-sang
State Science and
Technology Committee
Ministry of Public Security
Ministry of Natural
Resources Development
Ministry of Atomic Power
Industry
Ministry of Shipping
Industry
Ministry of
Communications
Ministry of Railways
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Ministry of External
Economic Affairs
Ministry of Forestry
Ministry of Labor
Administration
Education Committee
Ministry of Culture and Art
Yi Cha-pang
Paek Hak-nim
Kim Se-yong
Ch'oe Hak-kun
Yi Sok
Kim Chang-ho
Pak Yong-sok
Kim Tal-hyon
Chong Song-nam
Kim Chae-yol
Yi Chae-yun
Pyon Yong-nip
Chang Ch'ol
Ministry of Finance
Academy of Sciences
Ministry of Public Health
Ministry of Commerce
Ministry of Joint Venture
Industry
Electronic and Automation
Industry Committee
Ministry of City
Management
Central Materials Trading
Company
Korean Physical Culture and
Sports Guidance
Committee
Central Bank
Central Statistic Bureau
Secretariat of the Ad-
ministration Council
Yun Ki-chong
Kim Kyong-pong
Yi Chong-yul
Han Chang-kun
Ch'ae Hui-chong
Paek Se-yun
(Vacant)
Yi P'il-song
Kim Yu-sun
Pyon Song-u
Sin Kyong-sik
Chong Mun-san
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Kim Il-song
0 Chin-u
Yi Chun-sik
Yi Yong-Mu
Administrative , and, Economic --
Guidance QUOilittee' '
Provinces Chairmen
Chagang Kim Chong-chon
North Hamgyong Kim Yong-yun
South Hamgyong An Sung-hak
North Hwanghae Kim Hyong-chung
South Hwanghae Kim Chang-sik
Kaesong ? Han Kwang-nim
Kangwon Nam Yong-nam
Nampo ? Chang In-sok
North Pyongan Yom Chae-man
South Pyongan Kim Ui-S on
Pyongyang ? Kang Hui-won
Yanggang Kim Yong-tok
nt ration-at .Representation -
cat-People's.: ommitte'0
Provinces
Chagang
North Hamgyong
South Hamgyong
North Hwanghae
South Hwanghae
Kaesong
Kangwon
Nampo II
North Pyongan
South Pyongan
Pyongyang ?
Yanggang
Chairmen
Yi Pong-kil
Kang Song-san
Hong Si-hak
Kang Hyon-Su
Mun Song-sul
Kim Ki-son
Yim Hyong-ku
Pak Sung-11
Kim Pyong-yul
So Yun-sok
Ch'oe Mun-son
Kim Won-chun
International Atomic Energy Agency
Olympics Committee
United Nations
Permanent Observer, New York Pak Kil-yon
Permanent Observer, Geneva Yi Ch'ol
Permanent Representative, Education, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Kim Su-ik
Permanent Delegate, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Yi Chong-hyok
Permanent Representative, Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO)
Ch'oe
Kim Yu-sun
Ch'oe
Lines of authority depicted on this chart are arranged ac-
cording to the Constitution of 1972. Names are in protocol
order and spelled in accordance with the McCune-
Reischauer romanization system.
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