Pak Jong-gun

Pak Jong-gun
Vice Premier of North Korea
Incumbent
Assumed office
2013
Supreme LeaderKim Jong Un
Personal details
CitizenshipNorth Korean
NationalityKorean
Political partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Korean name
Hangul
박정근
Revised RomanizationBak Jeonggeun
McCune–ReischauerPak Chŏngkŭn

Pak Jong-gun (Korean: 박정근) is a North Korean politician who is serving as a member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea and Vice Premier of North Korea as well as chairman of the National Planning Commission.[1]

Biography

In January 2021 he was promoted to a member of the 8th Central Committee at the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, and was elected as a candidate member of the Politburo as a vice-chairman of the National Planning Commission at the 1st Central Committee of the 8th Congress on January 10. On December 31, 2021, he was promoted to a member of the Politburo at the 4th Plenary Session of the 8th Workers' Party of Korea and head of the National Planning Commission under the Cabinet of North Korea.[2] On April 10, he was included in the group of leaders at the Central Reporting Conference on the 10th anniversary of the appointment of Kim Jong Un.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Members of DPRK Cabinet Appointed". KCNA Watch. 18 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  2. ^ "DPRK Cabinet Zooms Plenary Meeting". NK Leadership Watch. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  3. ^ "Analysis on North Korea's 4 th Plenary Meeting of the 8 th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea" (PDF). Korea Institute for National Unification. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-09.