Career
Minister light industry, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Pyongyang, 1951; vice premier, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Pyongyang, 1960, 76; premier, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Pyongyang, 1977; vice president, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Pyongyang, since 1984. Member Korean Worker's Party, since 1956, political commissar, 1961, 73, member central committee, 1972. Member central committee Politburo Presidium, since 1980.
