Yang Hyong-sop
is a North Korea

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n politician. He was elected chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly

Supreme People's Assembly

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 in 1983, and served until 1998. He is currently vice president of the Presidium of the SPA.
Yang attended Moscow State University

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 and Kim Il-sung University, and is married to Kim Shin-sook, a cousin of Kim Il sung.

According to the official biography released by the Korean Central News Agency

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, he joined the Korean People's Army

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 in June

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 1950 (approximately when the Korean War

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 started); after graduating from the Kim Il-sung University, he served as section chief and then secretary of the Central Committee

Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea

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 of the Workers' Party of Korea

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, director of the Central Party School, minister of Higher Education, and president of the Academy of Social Sciences.

He was elected President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly

Supreme People's Assembly

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 in 1983, after having been a vice-president since 1962; in this capacity, he assumed the functions of de facto head of State

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 after Kim Il-sung

Kim Il-sung

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's death in 1994, as the post of President of the DPRK

President of North Korea

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 was never re-assigned; he was however under the actual leadership of the new leader Kim Jong-il

Kim Jong-il

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. In 1998, a new Constitution passed the President's powers to the President of the Presidium; in the same year, Yang was replaced by Kim Yong-nam

Kim Yong-nam

Kim Yong-nam is the current North Korean Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, a position held since 1998. He was elected a member of the presidium of the politburo of the central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in 2010.He was born in the Central District, Heijo ,...

 in that capacity, but continued to serve as vice-president again.

He is also a member of the WPK Politburo.

Career Accomplishments

• October 1961: Appointed President of the Central Committee Party School (DPRK Workers' Party)
• October 1962: Elected Supreme People's Assembly
  Supreme People's Assembly
  The Supreme People's Assembly is the unicameral parliament of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , commonly known as North Korea...
  
   Vice-Chairman for 2nd-12th Assemblies of SPA.(currently held)
• October 1979: Appointed Chairman of the Democratic Front for Unification (currently held)
• October 1980: Appointed Chairman of the Academy of Social Science

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