Office: | Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly | ||||||||||||
Term Start: | 20 September 1957 | ||||||||||||
Term End: | 16 December 1967 | ||||||||||||
Successor: | Paek Nam-un | ||||||||||||
1Blankname: | Vice Chairman | ||||||||||||
1Namedata: | Yi Ki-yong Kim Chang-jun Kim Tuk-nan | ||||||||||||
Predecessor: | Yi Yong | ||||||||||||
Birth Date: | 1895 | ||||||||||||
Birth Place: | North Hamgyong Province, Joseon | ||||||||||||
Death Date: | 17 March 1973 | ||||||||||||
Party: | Workers' Party of Korea | ||||||||||||
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Native Name Lang: | ko |
Choe Won-taek (ko|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. Furthermore, he was a member of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th term of the Central Committee.
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 (Russian: Корбюро, a Korean branch of Comintern).[1] He also worked in the socialist ideological group called Sangmihoe (尙微會).[1] In 1924, he participated in the formation of, which became part of by March of the same year.[1]
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