Min. of People's Armed Forces (directly subordinate to the NDC)
KIM Jong Gak
Pres., Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) Presidium
KIM Yong Nam
Vice Pres., SPA Presidium
KIM Yong Dae
Vice Pres., SPA Presidium
YANG Hyong Sop
Honorary Vice Pres., SPA Presidium
KIM Yong Ju
Sec. Gen., SPA Presidium
PYON Yong Rip
Sec. Gen., SPA Presidium
THAE Hyong Chol
Member, SPA Presidium
HONG Sok Hyong
Member, SPA Presidium
KANG Chang Uk
Member, SPA Presidium
KANG Yong Sop
Member, SPA Presidium
KIM Pyong Phal
Member, SPA Presidium
KIM Yang Gon
Member, SPA Presidium
RI Yong Chol
Member, SPA Presidium
RO Song Sil
Member, SPA Presidium
RYU Mi Yong
Member, SPA Presidium
SIM Sang Jin
Member, SPA Presidium
THAE Hyong Chol
Chmn., SPA
CHOE Thae Bok
Vice Chmn., SPA
HONG Son Ok
Vice Chmn., SPA
KIM Wan Su
Premier, Cabinet
CHOE Yong Rim
Vice Premier, Cabinet
HAN Kwang Bok
Vice Premier, Cabinet
JO Pyong Ju
Vice Premier, Cabinet
JON Ha Chol
Vice Premier, Cabinet
KANG Nung Su
Vice Premier, Cabinet
KANG Sok Ju
Vice Premier, Cabinet
KIM In Sik
Vice Premier, Cabinet
KIM Rak Hui
Vice Premier, Cabinet
KIM Yong Jin
Vice Premier, Cabinet
PAK Su Gil
Vice Premier, Cabinet
RI Chol Man
Vice Premier, Cabinet
RI Mu Yong
Vice Premier, Cabinet
RI Sung Ho
Vice Premier, Cabinet
RO Tu Chol
Chief, Cabinet Secretariat
KIM Yong Ho
Min. of Agriculture
KIM Chang Sik
Min. of Capital City Construction
KIM Ung Gwan
Min. of Chemical Industry
RI Mu Yong
Min. of Coal Industry
KIM Hyong Sik
Min. of Commerce
KIM Pong Chol
Min. of Construction & Building-Materials Industries
TONG Jong Ho
Min. of Culture
AN Tong Chun
Min. of Electric Power Industry
HO Thaek
Min. of Electronics Industry
HAN Kwang Bok
Min. of Finance
PAK Su Gil
Min. of Fisheries
PAK Thae Won
Min. of Foodstuffs & Daily Necessities Industry
JO Yong Chol
Min. of Foreign Affairs
PAK Ui Chun
Min. of Foreign Trade
RI Ryong Nam
Min. of Forestry
KIM Kwang Yong
Min. of Labor
JONG Yong Su
Min. of Land & Environment Preservation
KIM Chang Ryong
Min. of Land & Marine Transport
RA Tong Hui
Min. of Light Industry
AN Jong Su
Min. of Machine-Building Industry
JO Pyong Ju
Min. of Metal Industry
KIM Thae Bong
Min. of Mining Industry
KANG Min Chol
Min. of Oil Industry
KIM Hui Yong
Min. of People's Security
RI Myong Su
Min. of Physical Culture & Sports
PAK Myong Chol
Min. of Post & Telecommunications
RYU Yong Sop
Min. of Procurement & Food Admin.
MUN Ung Jo
Min. of Public Health
CHOE Chang Sik
Min. of Railways
JON Kil Su
Min. of State Construction Control
PAE Tal Jun
Min. of State Inspection
KIM Ui Sun
Min. of Urban Management
HWANG Hak Won
Chmn., Capital Construction Commission
KIM In Sik
Chmn., Education Commission
KIM Yong Jin
Chmn., State Planning Commission
RO Tu Chol
Pres., State Academy of Sciences
JANG Chol
Dir., Central Statistics Bureau
KIM Chang Su
Pres., Central Bank
PAEK Ryong Chon
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York
SIN Son Ho
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Korea, North on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Korea, North Chiefs of State 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Korea, North Chiefs of State 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.
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a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order