Choe Won-taek

Choe Won-taek
최원택
Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly
In office
20 September 1957 – 16 December 1967
Vice ChairmanYi Ki-yong
Kim Chang-jun
Kim Tuk-nan
Preceded byYi Yong
Succeeded byPaek Nam-un
Personal details
Born1895 (1895)
Died17 March 1973(1973-03-17) (aged 77–78)
PartyWorkers' Party of Korea
Military service
Allegiance North Korea
Korean name
Hangul
최원택
Hanja
崔元澤
RRChoe Wontaek
MRCh'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. From June 1923, he worked as an organizer of yacheika (ячейка, communist cells) in Daegu which was part of the Korburo (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 by March of the same year.[3]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Suh 1981, pp. 400 & 411.
  2. ^ Suh 1981, p. 324, 326 & 330.
  3. ^ 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.