Vice President of North Korea

Vice President of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Vice President of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Status	Abolished
Formation	28 December 1972
First holder	Choe Yong-gon
Final holder	Kim Yong-ju
Abolished	5 September 1998

The Vice President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 부주석) was a political position in North Korea established in 1972, and abolished after the death of Kim Il Sung during the reign of Kim Jong Il.

In 1972 the Presidency was established, and Kim Il Sung was elected to the position by the Supreme People's Assembly, the North Korean legislature, on 28 December 1972. The Vice Presidents were also elected by the Assembly.^[1] The Vice Presidency has been left vacant since October 1997, when the Presidency was eternally reserved for Kim Il Sung.^[2]

^ Banks, Arthur S.; Day, Alan J.; Muller, Thomas C. (1 February 2016). Political Handbook of the World 1998. Springer. ISBN 9781349149513 – via Google Books.
^ Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments. 2003. hdl:2027/uc1.c054551470.

[1] Banks, Arthur S.; Day, Alan J.; Muller, Thomas C. (1 February 2016). Political Handbook of the World 1998. Springer. ISBN 9781349149513 – via Google Books.

[2] Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments. 2003. hdl:2027/uc1.c054551470.

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