2003 in North Korea

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2003
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See also: Other events of 2003
Years in North Korea
Timeline of Korean history
2003 in South Korea

Events from the year 2003 in North Korea.

Incumbents

Premier of North Korea Head of government of North Korea

The Premier of the Cabinet is nominally the non-executive head of government of North Korea. The office is also alternatively known as Prime Minister of North Korea. The current premier is Kim Jae-ryong.

Hong Song-nam North Korean politician

Hong Song-nam was the Premier of North Korea from 1997 to 2003. He succeeded Kang Song-san. Born in Kangwon Province, he graduated from the Kim Il-sung University and studied electrical engineering at the Prague Technical Institute.

Pak Pong-ju is a North Korean politician who served as Premier of North Korea from 2003 until 2007, and again from 2013 until 2019. He was elected a member of the Presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in 2016.

Events

Legislative elections were held in North Korea on 3 August 2003. Representatives were elected for five-year terms to all 687 seats of the Supreme People's Assembly, and also to 26,650 positions in city, county, and provincial People's Assemblies. All candidates were members of the three parties constituting the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland.

2003 North Korean local elections

Elections to provincial, municipal, city, county and district people's assemblies were held in North Korea on August 3, 2003. It was held alongside the election to the Supreme People's Assembly.

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