Pak Chang-ok (, 1896–1960) was a

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 official and was a leader of the

Soviet Korean faction The Workers' Party of North Korea () was a communist party in North Korea from 1946 to 1949 and was a predecessor of the current Workers' Party of Korea. It was founded at a congress on 28–30 August 1946, by the merger of the northern branch ...

of the

Workers' Party of Korea The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is the founding and sole ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea. Founded in 1949 from the merger of the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of ...

(WPK), with members being mainly ethnic Koreans born in Soviet Union, after the suicide of their first leader,

Ho Ka-i Alexei Ivanovich Hegai (russian: Алексей Иванович Хегай, ko, 허가이; 18 March 1908 – 2 July 1953), also known as Ho Ka-i, was a Soviet political operative in North Korea (DPRK) and leader of the Soviet Korean faction wit ...

. Pak was a member of the Central Committee of the WPK, and the Chairman of the State Planning Commission. He was appointed

Vice-Premier of North Korea The Vice Premier of the Cabinet assists the Premier of North Korea in guiding the work of the Cabinet of North Korea. The office is also alternatively known as Deputy Prime Minister of North Korea. First Vice Premier The First Vice Premier of ...

in March 1954. Pak formed an alliance

Choe Chang-ik Choe Chang-ik (, 1896 – 1960) was a Korean politician in the Japanese colonial era. He was a member of the Korean independence movement. He was also known by the names Choe Chang-sok (최창석, 崔昌錫), Choe Chang-sun (최창순, 崔昌淳) ...

and the Yanan Korean faction of the party to criticize

Kim Il-sung Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...

in 1956, but was expelled following Kim's return from the

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. Pak died in 1960.

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* * 1960 deaths Date of birth missing Date of death missing Vice Chairmen of the Workers' Party of Korea and its predecessors Members of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly People from North Hamgyong People from Onsong County {{NorthKorea-politician-stub