Choe Sang-gon | |
Office: | Minister of Higher Education |
Convocation: | 14th term |
Term Start: | 11 April 2019 |
Term End: | 18 January 2021 |
President: | Kim Jong Un |
Premier: | Kim Tok-hun Kim Jae-ryong |
Predecessor: | Thae Hyong-chol |
Successor: | Ri Kuk-chol |
Office1: | President of Kim Il Sung University |
Convocation1: | 14th term |
Term Start1: | 11 April 2019 |
Term End1: | 18 January 2021 |
President1: | Kim Jong Un |
Premier1: | Kim Tok-hun Kim Jae-ryong |
Predecessor1: | Thae Hyong-chol |
Successor1: | Ri Kuk-chol |
Birth Date: | 28 April 1953 |
Birth Place: | South Hamgyong Province, North Korea |
Nationality: | Korean |
Citizenship: | North Korean |
Party: | Workers' Party of Korea |
Residence: | Pyongyang, North Korea |
Choe Sang-gon (born 28 April 1953) is a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He is a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and was also a member of the 13th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly. He serves as Minister of Higher Education in the Cabinet of North Korea and the President of Kim Il Sung University.[1]
Choe was born on 28 April 1953 in South Hamgyong Province.[2]
In 2008, he received a Ph.D. from the National Degree Conferment Ceremony, and was appointed Vice Chairman and then Chairman of the National Science and Technology Committee in August 2012 as a successor to . In 2014, he served as deputy to the 13th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly, and in May 2016 he became a member of the 7th convocation of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[1]