Choe Won-taek
Appearance
Choe Won-taek | |
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최원택 | |
Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly | |
In office 20 September 1957 – 16 December 1967 | |
Vice Chairman | Yi Ki-yong Kim Chang-jun Kim Tuk-nan |
Preceded by | Yi Yong |
Succeeded by | Paek Nam-un |
Personal details | |
Born | 1895 North Hamgyong Province, Joseon |
Died | 17 March 1973 |
Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Korean name | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 최원택 |
Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Choe Wontaek |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Wŏnt'aek |
Choe Won-taek (Korean: 최원택; 1895 – 17 March 1973) was a leading North Korean politician who served as Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 1957 to 1967.[1] Furthermore, he was a member of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th term of the Central Committee.[2]
Biography
[edit]Choi was born in Daegu in 1895.[clarification needed] From June 1923, he worked as an organizer of yacheika (ячейка, communist cells) in Daegu which was part of the Korburo(Корбюро,꼬르뷰로, a Korean branch of Comintern).[3] He also worked in the socialist ideological group called Sangmihoe (尙微會).[3] In 1924, he participated in the formation of sinheungcheongnyon dongmaeng, which became part of Joseonchongnyonchongdongmaeng by march of the same year.[3]
References
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[edit]Books:
- Suh, Dae-sook (1981). Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System (1st ed.). University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 0-8248-0740-5.
Categories:
- Members of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly
- Members of the 2nd Supreme People's Assembly
- Members of the 3rd Supreme People's Assembly
- Members of the 4th Supreme People's Assembly
- Members of the 5th Supreme People's Assembly
- Members of the 2nd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
- Members of the 3rd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
- Members of the 4th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
- Members of the 5th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
- Korean communists
- 1895 births
- 1973 deaths
- North Korean politicians
- People from North Hamgyong Province
- North Korean politician stubs