Pak Yong-sok ( ko, 박용석; 1928 – March 17, 2007) was a North Korean politician, member of the

Central Committee Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of Communist party, communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party org ...

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 o ...

, a government minister and a member of the Supreme People’s Assembly."朴容錫氏死去　朝鮮労働党検閲委員長" 《47news》 2007 3 18

Biography

Pak Yong-sok was born in

North Hamgyong Province North Hamgyong Province (Hamgyŏngbukdo, ) is the northernmost province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Hamgyong Province. Geography The province is bordered by China (Jilin) on the north, S ...

and later graduated from Kim Il Sung University and the Soviet Union Transportation Railway University. In 1961, he was appointed Minister of Transportation and Urban Construction.박용석
/ref> In 1967, he was elected as a representative in the election of the Supreme People's Assembly. In 1970, he was appointed as a member of the Party Central Committee. Two years later, he became the minister of transportation and urban construction. In 1977, he was appointed as the Minister of Railways and was re-elected as a representative member of the Supreme People's Assembly. In 1980, Pak Yong-sok was re-elected as a member of the Party Central Committee. Two years later, he was awarded the

Kim Il-sung Order The Order of Kim Il Sung () is the highest order of North Korea, along with the Order of Kim Jong Il, and only second to one honorary title, the Hero of Labour. The order, named after the country's first leader Kim Il Sung, was instituted in ...

and became the acting member of the Supreme People ’s Assembly for the third time. In 1985, he was promoted to chairman of the Transportation Committee of the Chinese Academy of Government. The following year, he also served as Minister of the Railway Department of the Government Administration Office. In 1990, he was elected acting representative of the Supreme People's Assembly for the fourth time. In 1994, Kim Il Sung died and Pak Yong-sok was included as a member of Kim Il Sung ’s Funeral Committee. The following year, he became a member of Wu Zhenyu's Funeral Committee. In 1998, he became the acting member of the Supreme People's Assembly for the fifth time. The following year, he became the chairman of the review of the Party Central Committee. In 2003, he was elected as the acting representative of the Supreme People's Assembly for the last time. In 2005, he was accepted as a member of the Yanhengmo mourning committee. He was member of the funeral committee of

Yon Hyong-muk Yon Hyong-muk, also spelt Yong Hyong-muk (November 3, 1931 – October 22, 2005), was a long-serving politician in North Korea and at the height of his career the most powerful person in that country outside the Kim family. He was Prime Ministe ...

. On March 17, 2007, Pak Yong-sok died of cancer at the age of 80.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pak, Yong-sok 1928 births 2007 deaths Workers' Party of Korea politicians Members of the Supreme People's Assembly Government ministers of North Korea Kim Il Sung University alumni People from North Hamgyong