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Choe Won-taek

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Choe Won-taek
최원택
Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly
In office
20 September 1957  16 December 1967
Vice ChairmanYi Ki-yong
Kim Chang-jun
Kim Tuk-nan
Preceded byYi Yong
Succeeded byPaek Nam-un
Personal details
Born1895 (1895)
Died17 March 1973(1973-03-17) (aged 77–78)
PartyWorkers' Party of Korea
Military service
Allegiance North Korea
Korean name
Hangul
최원택
Hanja
崔元澤
RRChoe Wontaek
MRCh'oe Wŏnt'aek

Choe Won-taek (Korean: 최원택; 1895 – 17 March 1973) was a leading North Korean politician who served as Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 1957 to 1967.[1] Furthermore, he was a member of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th term of the Central Committee.[2]

Biography

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Choi was born in Daegu in 1895.[clarification needed] From June 1923, he worked as an organizer of yacheika (ячейка, communist cells) in Daegu which was part of the Korburo [ko] (Корбюро, a Korean branch of Comintern).[3] He also worked in the socialist ideological group called Sangmihoe (尙微會).[3] In 1924, he participated in the formation of Sinhŭngch'ŏngnyŏn Tongmaeng, which became part of Korean Youth Federation [ko] by March of the same year.[3]

References

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Citations

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  1. Suh 1981, pp. 400 & 411.
  2. Suh 1981, p. 324, 326 & 330.
  3. 1 2 3 최원택. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.

Bibliography

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