Yang Hyong-sop
Yang Hyong-sop | |
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양형섭 | |
Vice President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly | |
| In office 5 September 1998 – 11 April 2019 Serving with Kim Yong-dae | |
| President | Kim Yong-nam |
| Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly | |
| In office 7 April 1983 – 5 September 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Hwang Jang-yop |
| Succeeded by | Kim Yong-nam |
| Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly | |
| In office 7 April 1983 – 5 September 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Hwang Jang-yop |
| Succeeded by | Choe Thae-bok |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1925 Hamhung, Kankyōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 13 May 2022 (aged 96) Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 양형섭 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yang Hyeong-seop |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yang Hyŏng-sŏp |
Yang Hyong-sop (Korean: 양형섭; 1 October 1925 – 13 May 2022) was a North Korean politician who served as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly and Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 1983[2] to 1998 (from 1994 it was formally the highest position in the state[citation needed]). He subsequently served as Vice President of the Presidium of the SPA from 1998 to 2019.
Life and career
Yang was born on 1 October 1925, in
President of the Presidium; in the same year, Yang was replaced by Kim Yong-nam in that capacity, but continued to serve as vice-president again. He was also a member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party. On 6 January 2007, at a mass rally in Pyongyang, he gave a speech praising the North Korean government for building nuclear weapons.[4] Yang Hyong-sop died of a stroke on 13 May 2022, at the age of 96.[5]
Career accomplishments
- October 1961: Appointed President of the Central Committee Party School (DPRK Workers' Party)[1]
- October 1962: Elected Supreme People's Assembly Vice-chairman for 2nd–12th Assemblies of SPA.
- November 1979: Appointed Chairman of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland[1]
- June 1980: Appointed Chairman of the Academy of Social Sciences[1]
References
- ^ Unification Ministry. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- JSTOR 2644170.
- ISBN 0-312-32221-6.
- ^ "Usher in a great heyday of Songun Korea full of confidence in victory". The Pyongyang Times. 6 January 2007. p. 1.
- KCNA Watch. 15 May 2022.
External links
- "Yang Hyong-sop". Private Institute for Korean Studies in Japan. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
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