Chu Yong-ha

Chu Yong-ha
Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee
1st Central Committee
In office 30 August 1946 – 9 September 1948 Serving with Kim Il Sung
Chairman	Kim Tu-bong
Minister of Transportation
In office 9 September 1948 – October 1948
Premier	Kim Il Sung
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Pak Ui-wan
Personal details
Born	1908 (1908)
Died	1956
Nationality	Korean
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	주영하
Hancha	朱寧河
Revised Romanization	Ju Yeongha
McCune–Reischauer	Chu Yŏngha

Chu Yong-ha (

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During the Korean War, Chu was North Korea's ambassador to Moscow. After the war, a fictitious plot against Kim Il Sung was "uncovered" in a show trial. Among the claims against the defendants was overthrowing Kim Il Sung and making Pak Hon-yong the new premier, and Chu one of his vice-premiers.

Biography

Chu was born in 1908.^[1]

Chu was part of the Political Committee of the

In the First Congress of the party on 28–30 August 1946, Chu was elected to the Political Committee (Politburo) of the first Central Committee of the party. On the same occasion, Chu was elected vice-chairman of the Secretariat of the party.^[3] Chu presided over the session on 30 August.^[4] In addition, Chu was elected vice-chairman of the party, along with Kim Il Sung in the first plenum of the Central Committee on 31 August.^[5]

In the

Chu compromised with the Kim Il Sung faction, but remained a supporter of Pak Hon-yong.^[8] On September 1948, when the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was officially proclaimed, Chu was appointed to the Minister of Transport in the North Korean Cabinet headed by Premier Kim Il Sung.^[9] In the third plenum of the second Central Committee, on 24–25 September 1948, Ho Ka-i replaced Chu as the vice-chairman of the party as well as the chairman of the inspection committee.^[10]

The organ of the North Korean government,

During the Korean War, Chu was the North Korean ambassador to Moscow.^[13]

In the show trial of

Ri Sung-yop and 12 other defendants in August 1953 just after the end of the Korean War, a fictitious conspiracy was revealed. According to the accusers, the conspirators planned overthrowing Kim Il Sung and making Pak Hon-yong the premier. Chu was to accompany Chang Si-u as Pak's vice-premiers.^[14]

See also

• History of the Workers' Party of Korea

References

1. ^ 주영하 [Chu Yong-ha]. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 12 December 2015.
2. ISBN 978-981-279-995-1
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4. ^ Suh 1988, p. 77.
5. ^ Kim 1999, p. 66.
6. ^ Suh 1988, p. 75.
7. ^ Kim 1999, p. 73.
8. ^ Kim 1962, p. 146.
9. ^ 北韓組閣完了(북한조각완료) 동아일보 1948-09-11 1면
10. ^ Suh 1988, pp. 92–93.
11. ^ Kim 1962, p. 180.
12. S2CID 154816371
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13. ISBN 978-0-415-51645-7
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14. ISBN 978-1-85065-563-3
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Works cited

• Kim, Yong-mok (1962). The Korean Labor Party and the North Korean Regime. University of California, Berkeley.
• Kim, Soo-min (1999). Political Legitimization in North Korea: 1945–1950. University of Hawaii.
• Suh, Dae-sook (1988). Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader (1st ed.).
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