Pak Thae Dok

updated March 8, 2018

Pak Thae Dok (Pak T’ae-dok) is a Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Vice Chairman, alternate member of the WPK Political Bureau.  Pak is also a member of the WPK Central Committee and a deputy to the Supreme People’s Assembly.

Pak has held instructor and guidance cadre positions. He was appointed secretary of the Anju WPK City Committee in 2006, with his term effective in January 2007. In September 2010 he was elected a
member of the WPK Central Committee during the 3rd Party Conference and appointed chief secretary of the North Hwanghae WPK Provincial Committee. At the time his tenure began, North Hwanghae Province expanded with the addition of three counties previously part of Pyongyang’s urban administration. Pak was appointed a member of the Supreme People’s Assembly Legislative Committee in April 2012. In February 2013 he presided over an awards ceremony for two members of
the Korean People’s Internal Security Forces [KPISF] killed in the line of duty.

In March 2014 he was elected a deputy to the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly. Pak Tae Dok was a platform member at the 7th Congress of the WPK and he was elected to the 7th WPK Central Committee and his position changed to Chairman of the North Hwanghae WPK Provincial
Committee.

During the 2nd plenary meeting of the 7th WPK Central Committee in October 2017, Pak was elected an alternate member of the WPK Political Bureau and WPK Vice Chairman.  He was most likely appointed Vice Chairman for General Affairs.

According to ROK records, Pak Tae Dok was born in 1955.

 

Pak Tae Dok

Chairman, North Hwanghae WPK Provincial Committee

Member, WPK Central Committee

Deputy, Supreme People’s Assembly

2007: Anju WPK City Committee

2010: (September) Member, 6th WPK Central Committee

Chief Secretary, North Hwanghae WPK Provincial Committee

(November) Member, Jo Myong Rok Funeral Committee

2011: Member, Kim Jong Il Funeral Committee

2012: Member, SPA Legislative Committee

2013: Member, Kim Kuk Tae Funeral Committee

2014: (March) Elected, deputy, 13th Supreme People’s Assembly

(July) Member, Jon Pyong Ho Funeral Committee

2015: (November) Member, Ri Ul Sol Funeral Committee

(December) Member, Kim Yang Gon Funeral Committee

2016: (May) Elected, Member, 7th WPK Central Committee

Chairman, North Hwanghae WPK Provincial Committee

(May) Member, Kang Sok Ju Funeral Committee

 

2017: (October) Elected, Alternate Member, WPK Political Bureau

Elected, WPK Vice Chairman

Appointed, WPK Central Committee Department Director