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# Yang Hyong Sop 양형섭 

education minister

dead Died aged 96 

Yang Hyong-sop was a North Korean politician who served as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly and Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 1983 to 1998\. He subsequently served as Vice President of the Presidium of the SPA from 1998 to 2019\. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang%5FHyong-sop)

Born

1925-10-01, Hamhung

Died

2022-05-13, Pyongyang, North Korea (Natural causes / old age (96))

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2022-05-13[source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang%5FHyong-sop)

Also known as

Yang Hyong-sop

## Positions

1. ?–now education minister[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710774)
2. ?–now member of the Supreme People's Assembly[source](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710774)

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