The Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly () is the presiding officer of the

Supreme People's Assembly The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; ) is the unicameral legislature of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. It consists of one deputy from each of the DPRK's 687 constituencies, elected to five-year ...

, the legislature of

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

.Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Article 94 The Supreme People's Assembly elects a chairman to preside its sessions. Vice chairmen are elected alongside the chairman. From 1972 until 1998, the chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly was concurrently the

Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly The chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (), formerly known as the president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Ko ...

.Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1972), Article 86 The current chairman is

Pak Thae-song Pak Thae-song (, born 14 September 1955) is a North Korean politician. He is the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly and a Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea A vice is a practice, behaviour, or habit generally considered immor ...

, who was elected on 11 April 2019.

List of office holders

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