Pae Tal-jun (born 1936) is a high-ranking

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 ...

n politician and bureaucrat. He formerly served as Minister of State Construction Control(국가건설감독성 상) and as Chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Union of Architects(조선건축가동맹). He was appointed to the Ministerial post in 1998 by the

10th Supreme People's Assembly The 10th Supreme People's Assembly (Chosongul: 최고인민회의 제10기) of North Korea was in session from 1998 until 2003. It consisted of 687 deputies, and held six sessions. The Supreme People's Assembly is the unicameral legislature of ...

, at which he was also a delegate. Pae also served as a delegate to the Assembly's

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session in 2003. In 2004, he was awarded the Order of Kim Il-sung. Pae is a graduate of Bratislava University of Czechoslovakia. He began his career as a city planner in

Pyongyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populatio ...

in 1966, becoming a vice chairman of the State Construction Committee(국가건설위원회) in 1983.

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*Yonhap News Agency. "Who's who in North Korea," pp. 787–812 in 1936 births Living people Members of the Supreme People's Assembly Architecture in North Korea Place of birth missing (living people) Government ministers of North Korea Recipients of the Order of Kim Il Sung {{NorthKorea-politician-stub

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