Pak Chang-ok

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),[1] with members being mainly ethnic Koreans born in Soviet Union, after the suicide of their first leader, Ho Ka-i.

Pak Chang-ok
Vice Premier of the Cabinet
In office
23 March 1954  23 September 1956
PremierKim Il-sung
Chairman of the State Planning Commission
In office
23 March 1954  16 January 1956
PremierKim Il-sung
Preceded byChong Chun-taek
Succeeded byRi Jong-ok
Personal details
Born1896 (1896)
Onsong County, Joseon
Died1960 (aged 6364)
Pyongyang, North Korea
NationalityKorean
AliasChoe Chang-sok, Choe Chang-sun, Choe Tong-u, Ri Kon-u
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
박창옥
Hancha
朴昌玉
Revised RomanizationBak Chang-ok
McCune–ReischauerPak Ch'ang-ok

Pak was a member of the Central Committee of the WPK,[2] and the Chairman of the State Planning Commission. He was appointed Vice-Premier of North Korea in March 1954.[3]

Pak formed an alliance Choe Chang-ik and the Yanan Korean faction of the party to criticize Kim Il-sung in 1956,[4] but was expelled following Kim's return from the Soviet Union. Pak died in 1960.[5]

References

  1. Armstrong 2013, p. 79.
  2. Armstrong 2013, p. 69.
  3. Armstrong 2013, p. 62.
  4. Lankov 2002, p. 90.
  5. 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.


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