Vice President of North Korea

Vice President of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Status	Abolished
Formation	28 December 1972
First holder	Choe Yong-gon
Final holder	Kim Yong-ju
Abolished	5 September 1998

The Vice President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 부주석) was a political position in North Korea established in 1972, and abolished after the death of Kim Il Sung during the reign of Kim Jong Il.

In 1972 the Presidency was established, and Kim Il Sung was elected to the position by the Supreme People's Assembly, the North Korean legislature, on 28 December 1972. The Vice Presidents were also elected by the Assembly.^[1] The Vice Presidency has been left vacant since October 1997, when the Presidency was eternally reserved for Kim Il Sung.^[2]

List of vice presidents of North Korea

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		President	SPA
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Party		President	SPA
1		Choe Yong-gon^[3] 최용건 (1900–1976)	28 December 1972	19 September 1976		Workers' Party of Korea	Kim Il Sung	5th
2		Kang Ryang-uk 강량욱 (1903–1983)	28 December 1972	9 January 1983		Korean Social Democratic Party	Kim Il Sung	5th 6th 7th
3		Kim Tong-gyu^[4] 김동규 (1915–unknown)	November 1974	16 December 1977		Workers' Party of Korea	Kim Il Sung	5th
4		Kim Il^[5]^[6] 김일 (1910–1984)	19 April 1976	25 January 1984		Workers' Party of Korea	Kim Il Sung	5th 6th 7th
5		Pak Song-chol^[7] 박성철 (1913–2008)	16 December 1977	5 September 1998		Workers' Party of Korea	Kim Il Sung	6th 7th 8th 9th
6		Rim Chun-chu^[8] 림춘추 (1912–1988)	April 1983	27 April 1988		Workers' Party of Korea	Kim Il Sung	7th 8th
7		Ri Jong-ok^[9] 리종옥 (1916–1999)	27 January 1984	5 September 1998		Workers' Party of Korea	Kim Il Sung	7th 8th 9th
8		Kim Pyong-sik^[10] 김병식 (1919–1999)	11 December 1993	5 September 1998		Korean Social Democratic Party	Kim Il Sung	9th
9		Kim Yong-ju^[11] 김영주 (1920–2021)	11 December 1993	5 September 1998		Workers' Party of Korea	Kim Il Sung	9th

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References

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