DPRK Leadership - April 2009 |
Introduction Leadership Factions Leadership Purges Succession | |
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| Position | Name | Born |
| President [abolished 05 Sep 1998] | Kim, Il-sung [died 8 July 1994] | |
| General Secretary, Korean Workers' Party | Kim, Chong-il, Mar. | 16 Feb 1941 |
| Supreme Cdr. Korean People's Army (KPA) | Kim, Chong-il, Mar. | |
| National Defense Commission (NDC) | ||
| Chairman | Kim, Chong-il, Mar. | |
| First Vice Chmn. of NDC | Cho, Myong-nok, VMar. Director of the People's Army General Political Bureau | |
| Vice Chmn., NDC | Kim, Yong-ch'un, VMar. Minister of People's Armed Forces | |
| Vice Chmn., NDC | Yi, Yong-mu, VMar. Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army | |
| Vice Chmn., NDC | O Kuk Ryol, Gen. Chief of the Operational Department of the Workers' Party | |
| Member, NDC | Jang Song Taek Director of the Administrative Department of the Workers' Party | 1946 |
| Member, NDC | JON Pyong Ho Secretary of Military Industry | |
| Member, NDC | Kim, Il-ch'ol, VMar. First Vice-Director of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces | |
| ? Candidate Member, NDC | Ju Kyu-chang First Vice-Director of the Ministry of Defense Industry | |
| ? Candidate Member, NDC | Ju Sang-song Minister of Public Security | |
| ? Candidate Member, NDC | Kim Jong-gak First Vice-Director of the General Political Department of the People's Army | |
| ? Candidate Member, NDC | Paek Se-bong Chairman of the Second Economic Committee | |
| ? Candidate Member, NDC | U Dong-chuk Deputy Chief of the Secret Police | |
| Councilor, NDC | PAK Myong Chol | |
| * People's Armed Forces, Office of the General Staff | ||
| Chief of the KPA General Staff | Ri Yong-ho, Gen. | |
| Commander, Pyongyang Defense | Pak Ki So VMar. | |
| Commander, Security Command | Won Ung Hui Gen | |
| Deputy Director, Organization Department | Hyon Chul Hae Gen | |
| Director, Propaganda Department | Pak Jae Gyong Gen | |
| Commander, 3rd Army Corps | Jang Song U Gen | |
| Commander, Mechanized Army Corps | Kim Myung Guk Gen | |
| Commander, Air Force | Ri Byong-chol | |
| chief naval commander | Jong Myong-do | |
| Director, Operations Bureau | Kim Myong-guk | |
| Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) | ||
| Pres., SPA Presidium | KIM Yong Nam | |
| Vice Pres., SPA Presidium | KIM Yong Dae | |
| Vice Pres., SPA Presidium | YANG Hyong Sop | |
| Honorary Vice Pres., SPA Presidium | KIM Yong Ju | |
| Sec. Gen., SPA Presidium | CHOE Yong Rim | |
| Member, SPA Presidium | HONG Sok Hyong | |
| Member, SPA Presidium | KANG Chang Uk | |
| Member, SPA Presidium | KANG Yong Sop | |
| Member, SPA Presidium | KIM Kyong Ho | |
| Member, SPA Presidium | PAK Sun Hui | |
| Member, SPA Presidium | PYON Yong Rip | |
| Member, SPA Presidium | RI Kwang Ho | |
| Member, SPA Presidium | RYOM Sun Gil | |
| Member, SPA Presidium | RYU Mi Yong | |
| Member, SPA Presidium | THAE Hyong Chol | |
| Chmn., SPA | CHOE Thae Bok | |
| Vice Chmn., SPA | RYO Won Gu | |
| Vice Chmn., SPA | ||
| Government | ||
| Premier | KIM Yong Il | |
| Vice Premier | JON Sung Hun | |
| Vice Premier | KWAK Pom Gi | |
| Vice Premier | RO Tu Chol | |
| Vice Premier | THAE Jong Su | |
| Min. of Agriculture | KIM Chang Sik | |
| Min. of Chemical Industry | RI Mu Yong | |
| Min. of City Management | CHOE Jong Gon | |
| Min. of Coal Industries | KIM Hyong Sik | |
| Min. of Commerce | RI Yong Son | |
|
Min. of Construction & Building-Materials Industries |
TONG Jong Ho | |
| Min. of Crude Oil Industry | ||
| Min. of Culture | KANG Nung Su | |
| Min. of Education | KIM Yong Jin | |
| Min. of Electric Power Industry | HO Thaek | |
| Min. of Electronic Industry | O Su Yong | |
| Min. of Extractive Industries | KANG Min Chol | |
| Min. of Finance | MUN Il Bong | |
| Min. of Fisheries | SIM Ki Yop | |
| Min. of Foreign Affairs | PAK Ui Chun | |
| Min. of Foreign Trade | RI Ryong Nam | |
| Min. of Forestry | KIM Kwang Yong | |
| Min. of Labor | JONG Yong Su | |
| Min. of Land & Environment Preservation | PAK Song Nam | |
| Min. of Land & Marine Transport | RA Tong Hui | |
| Min. of Light Industry | RI Ju O | |
| Min. of Machine-Building Industry | JO Pyong Ju | |
| Min. of Metal Industry | KIM Thae Bong | |
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| Min. of People's Security | JU Sang Song | |
| Min. of Post & Telecommunications | RYU Yong Sop | |
| Min. of Procurement & Food Admin. | CHOE Nam Gyun | |
| Min. of Public Health | CHOE Chang Sik | |
| Min. of Railways | JON Kil Su | |
| Min. of State Construction Control | PAE Tal Jun | |
| Min. of State Inspection | KIM Ui Sun | |
| Other Leadership | ||
| Chmn., State Planning Commission | KIM Kwang Rin | |
| Chmn., Physical Culture & Sports Guidance Commission | PAK Hak Son | |
| Pres., National Academy of Sciences | PYON Yong Rip | |
| Dir., Central Statistics Bureau | KIM Chang Su | |
| Chief Sec. | KIM Yong Ho | |
| Min. of People's Armed Forces (not subordinate to the cabinet as of 2009) | Kim, Yong-ch'un, VMar. | |
| Pres., Central Bank | KIM Wan Su | |
| Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | SIN Son Ho | |
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