Min. of People's Armed Forces (directly subordinate to the NDC)
KIM Jong Gak
Min. of People's Security (directly subordinate to the NDC)
CHOE Pu Il
Min. of State Security (directly subordinate to the NDC)
KIM Won Hong
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
CHOE Yong Rim
Sec. Gen., SPA Presidium
HONG Son Ok
Member, SPA Presidium
HONG In Bom
Member, SPA Presidium
HYON Sang Ju
Member, SPA Presidium
JON Yong Nam
Member, SPA Presidium
KIM Yang Gon
Member, SPA Presidium
RI Myong Gil
Member, SPA Presidium
RO Song Sil
Member, SPA Presidium
RYU Mi Yong
Member, SPA Presidium
SIM Sang Jin
Chmn., SPA
CHOE Thae Bok
Vice Chmn., SPA
HONG Son Ok
Vice Chmn., SPA
KIM Wan Su
Premier, Cabinet
PAK Pong Ju
Vice Premier, Cabinet
HAN Kwang Bok
Vice Premier, Cabinet
JO Pyong Ju
Vice Premier, Cabinet
JON Sung Hun
Vice Premier, Cabinet
KANG Nung Su
Vice Premier, Cabinet
KANG Sok Ju
Vice Premier, Cabinet
KIM In Sik
Vice Premier, Cabinet
KIM Yong Jin
Vice Premier, Cabinet
RI Chol Man
Vice Premier, Cabinet
RI Mu Yong
Vice Premier, Cabinet
RO Tu Chol
Chief, Cabinet Secretariat
HAN Hyo Yon
Min. of Agriculture
RI Chol Man
Min. of Atomic Energy & Industry
Min. of Chemical Industry
RI Mu Yong
Min. of Coal Industry
RI Yong Yong
Min. of Commerce
RI Song Ho
Min. of Construction & Building-Materials Industries
TONG Jong Ho
Min. of Crude Oil Industry
PAE Hak
Min. of Culture
HONG Kwang Sun
Min. of Electric Power Industry
KIM Man Su
Min. of Electronics Industry
KIM Jae Song
Min. of Finance
CHOE Kwang Jin
Min. of Fisheries
RI Hyok
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 Higher Education
THAE Hyong Chol
Min. of Labor
JONG Yong Su
Min. of Land & Environment Preservation
KIM Kyong Jun
Min. of Land & Marine Transport
KANG Jong Gwan
Min. of Light Industry
AN Jong Su
Min. of Machine-Building Industry
RI Jong Guk
Min. of Metal Industry
HAN Hyo Yon
Min. of Mining Industry
KANG Min Chol
Min. of Physical Culture & Sports
RI Jong Mu
Min. of Post & Telecommunications
SIM Chol Ho
Min. of Procurement & Food Admin.
MUN Ung Jo
Min. of Public Health
KANG Ha Guk
Min. of Railways
JON Kil Su
Min. of State Construction Control
KWON Song Ho
Min. of State Inspection
KIM Ui Sun
Min. of State Resources Development
RI Chun Sam
Min. of Urban Management
KANG Yong Su
Chmn., Capital Construction Commission
KIM In Sik
Chmn., Education Commission
KIM Sung Du
Chmn., State Planning Commission
RO Tu Chol
Chmn., State Science & Technology Commission
CHOE Sang Gon
Dir., Central Statistics Bureau
KIM Chang Su
Dir., State Space Development Bureau
Pres., State Academy of Sciences
JANG Chol
Pres., Kim Il Sung University
THAE Hyong Chol
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 2014 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Korea, North Chiefs of State 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Korea, North Chiefs of State 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
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
