Choe Sang-gon

Choe Sang-gon
Choe Sang-gon
Minister of Higher Education
Supreme Leader	Kim Jong-il ; Kim Jong-un
Personal details
Born	28th of April, 1953
Citizenship	North Korean
Nationality	Korean
Political party	Workers' Party of Korea

Choe Sang-gon (Korean: 최상건) (born 28 April 1953) is a politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He is a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and member of the 13th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly. He is Higher Education Minister in the Cabinet of North Korea and the President of Kim Il-sung University.[1]

Biography

In 2008, he received a Ph.D. from the National Degree Conferment Ceremony, and was appointed Vice Chairman and then Chairman of the National Science and Technology Committee in August 2012 as a successor to Lizbag (리자방). In 2014, he served as deputy to the 13th convocation of the Supreme People's Assembly, and in May 2016 he became a member of the 7th convocation of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[1]

References

"In full: promotions and demotions at North Korea's 14th SPA". NK PRO. Korea Risk Group. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1stSession14thSPA-1] "In full: promotions and demotions at North Korea's 14th SPA". NK PRO. Korea Risk Group. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.