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Choe Won-taek
Choe Won-taek
최원택
Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly
	In office; 20 September 1957 – 16 December 1967
Vice Chairman	Yi Ki-yong; Kim Chang-jun; Kim Tuk-nan
Preceded by	Yi Yong
Succeeded by	Paek Nam-un
Personal details
Born	1895; North Hamgyong Province, Joseon
Died	17 March 1973
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea
Military service
Allegiance	North Korea
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	최원택
Hancha	崔元澤
Revised Romanization	Choe Wontaek
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Wŏnt'aek

Choe Won-taek (Korean: 최원택; 1895 – 17 March 1973) was a leading North Korean politician who served as Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 1957 to 1967.^[1] Furthermore, he was a member of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th term of the Central Committee.^[2]

Biography

Choi was born in Daegu in 1895.^{[clarification needed]} From June 1923, he worked as an organizer of yacheika (ячейка, communist cells) in Daegu which was part of the Korburo [ko] (Корбюро, a Korean branch of Comintern).^[3] He also worked in the socialist ideological group called Sangmihoe (尙微會).^[3] In 1924, he participated in the formation of Sinhŭngch'ŏngnyŏn Tongmaeng, which became part of Korean Youth Federation [ko] by March of the same year.^[3]

References

Citations

^ Suh 1981, pp. 400 & 411.
^ Suh 1981, p. 324, 326 & 330.
^ ^a ^b ^c 최원택. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.

Bibliography

Books:

Suh, Dae-sook (1981). Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System (1st ed.). University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 0-8248-0740-5.