Pak Thae-song (박태성,born 14 September 1955) [1] is a North Korean politician. He is a Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and was the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 2019 to 2023. [2] [3] [4] On 29 December 2024,Pak was appointed Premier of North Korea at the conclusion of the annual year-end general meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea thereby succeeding Kim Tok-hun. [5]
After serving as a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea,he became a candidate member of the party's politburo. In August 2012,he became vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. [6] In May 2014,he became the responsible secretary of the party committee in Pyongannam-do. As a key executive in the organizational leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea,he is known as a key figure who actually moves the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In 2021,he briefly disappeared from the official appearance of North Korea,and rumors of a purge were circulating. In January 2023,it was confirmed that he resigned as the chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly,and he is currently serving as a member of the political bureau of the Workers' Party of Korea and secretary of the secretariat.