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North Korean politician In this Korean name, the family name is Thae.
Thae Hyong-chol
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 April 2019Serving with Kim Yong-dae
ChairmanChoe Ryong-hae
Personal details
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Pyongyang, North Korea
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Alma materKim Il Sung University
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl태형철
Hancha太炯哲
Revised RomanizationTae Hyeongcheol
McCune–ReischauerT'ae Hyŏngch'ŏl

Thae Hyong-chol (태형철, born 1953) is a North Korean politician and university professor. He was President of the Academy of Social Sciences [ko] and an alternate for the 8th Political Bureau (and 7th Politburo member). Since the 12th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly he is serving as Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee. He previously served as President of Kim Il Sung University from 2013 to 2019, and was the Minister of Higher Education in the Cabinet of North Korea. He is the son of a North Korean general, Thae Byong-ryol.

Biography

Born in 1953 in Pyongyang to Thae Byong-ryol, he graduated from Kim Il Sung University. He started as a researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences in 1977 and was head of the World Economic and South-South Cooperation Research Institute at the Academy of Social Sciences in October 1990 and served as vice president of the Institute of Social Sciences in March 1995. Since August 1997, he has been serving as president of the Social Sciences Institute [ko]. In September 2010, he was elected a candidate for the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. On April 13, 2012, the 12th 5th session of the Supreme People's Assembly he was elected as the General Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly replacing Kang Chang-uk. In 2014 he was replaced by Hong Son-ok. In April 2013, he became the President of Kim Il Sung University and became the Minister of Higher Education, succeeding Song Ja-reeb. He was elected as the 10th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly in September 1998 and the 11th convocation and Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly in September 2003.

References

  1. "Former Presidents of University - KIM IL SUNG UNIVERSITY".
  2. 태형철(남성). 북한정보포털 (in Korean). 통일부. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. "통일부 북한자료센터 주요 인물 정보". 통일부 북한자료센터. 2013년 11월 16일에 확인함


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