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# Choe Thae Bok 최태복 

education minister

dead Died aged 93 

Choe Thae-bok was a North Korean politician. He was a member of the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea, and was chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly for nearly 21 years, from 1998 to 2019\. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choe%5FThae-bok)

Born

1930-12-01, Nampo

Died

2024-01-20, Pyongyang, North Korea (myocardial infarction)

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2024-01-20[source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choe%5FThae-bok)

Also known as

Choe Thae-bok

## Positions

1. 1998–2019 Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710692)
2. 1982–2019 member of the Supreme People's Assembly[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710692)
3. ?–now education minister[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710692)

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