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Also known as Choe Ryong Hae, Choe Ryonghae, Ryong-hae

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea

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Key facts

Leader
Kim Jong Un
Preceded by
Kim Yong-nam
Succeeded by
Jo Yong-won
President
Kim Jong Un
Chairman
Kim Jong Un
Supreme commander
Kim Jong Un
Born
( 1950-01-15 ) 15 January 1950 (age 76) , Sinchon County , South Hwanghae , North Korea
Party
Workers' Party of Korea
Parent
Choe Hyon (father)
Alma mater
Kim Il Sung University
Allegiance
North Korea
Branch service
Korean People's Army
Rank
Ch'asu (Vice Marshal)
Hangul
최룡해
Hanja
崔龍海
Rr
Choe Ryonghae
Mr
Ch'oe Ryonghae

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Choi
Gender
male
Citizenship
North Korea
Place of birth
Sinchon County
Father
Choe Hyon
Occupation
politician
Languages spoken
Korean
Military rank
ch’asu
Image
18th Summit of Non-Aligned Movement gets underway in Baku 005 (cropped).jpg
Residence
Pyongyang
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date of birth
1950-01-15
name in native language
최룡해
Commons category
Choe Ryong-hae
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Encyclopedic overview

Choe Ryong-hae (Korean: 최룡해; born 15 January 1950) is a North Korean politician and military officer who served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly and First Vice President of the State Affairs Commission, holding both positions from April 2019 to March 2026.

Born in 1950 to prominent North Korean guerilla Choe Hyon, Choe joined the Korean People's Army in 1967. His political career began in the 1970s, when he worked as a political instructor on behalf of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at Kim Il Sung University. He rose in the politics of the League of Socialist Working Youth of Korea; when it was reformed into the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League in 1996, he was appointed its first secretary. In 1998, he faced executing for selling scrap metal to foreign buyers without official permission, but survived after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's sister Kim Kyong-hui intervened to save his life.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Choe Ryong-hae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.