| Pak Chang-ok | |
|---|---|
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| Vice Premier of the Cabinet | |
| In office 23 March 1954 – 23 September 1956Serving with Pak Hon-yong, Hong Myong-hui, Ho Ka-i, Choe Chang-ik, Choe Yong-gon, Pak Ui-wan and Kim Il. | |
| Premier | Kim Il Sung |
| Chairman of the State Planning Commission | |
| In office 23 March 1954 – 16 January 1956 | |
| Premier | Kim Il Sung |
| Preceded by | Chong Chun-taek |
| Succeeded by | Ri Jong-ok |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1896 (1896) Onsong County, Joseon |
| Died | 1960 (aged 63–64) Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Alias | Choe Chang-sok, Choe Chang-sun, Choe Tong-u, Ri Kon-u |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 박창옥 |
| Hancha | 朴昌玉 |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Changok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Ch'angok |
Pak Chang-ok (Korean: 박창옥, 1896–1960) was a North Korean official and was a leader of the Soviet Korean faction of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), with members being mainly ethnic Koreans born in Soviet Union, after the suicide of their first leader, Ho Ka-i.
Pak was a member of the Central Committee of the WPK, and the Chairman of the State Planning Commission. He was appointed Vice-Premier of North Korea in March 1954.
Pak formed an alliance with Choe Chang-ik and the Yanan Korean faction of the party to criticize Kim Il Sung in 1956, but was expelled following Kim's return from the Soviet Union. Pak died in 1960.
References
- Armstrong 2013, p. 79.
- Armstrong 2013, p. 69.
- Armstrong 2013, p. 62.
- Lankov 2002, p. 90.
- Armstrong 2013, p. 130.
Works cited
- Armstrong, Charles K. (25 June 2013). Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950–1992. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-6893-3.
- Lankov, Andrei N. (2002). "Kim Takes Control: The 'Great Purge' in North Korea, 1956-1960". Korean Studies. 26 (1): 87–119. doi:10.1353/ks.2002.0010. ISSN 1529-1529. S2CID 153356279.
Bibliography
- Tertitskiy, Fyodor (June 14, 2024). "Pak Ch'ang-ok: Kim Il-sung's (equally) evil twin". The Forgotten Political Elites of North Korea: Woe to the Vanquished. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge. pp. 160–179. ISBN 9781032745473.
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