Hong Ki-ju

Hong Ki-ju (Korean: 홍기주; Hanja: 洪箕疇; 1893–1960) was a North Korean independence activist and politician who served as a member of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.

Hong Ki-ju
홍기주
Standing Committee Vice Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly
In office 22 December 1953 – 20 September 1957
Personal details
Born	1893 Joseon
Died	1960 Pyongyang, North Korea
Citizenship	North Korea
Political party	Korean Social Democratic Party
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	홍기주
Revised Romanization	Hong Giju
McCune–Reischauer	Hong Kichu

Biography

Hong Ki-ju was a Methodist pastor who was in charge of Shinmak Church in Sohung County, Hwanghae Province. He was a member of the Korean Social Democratic Party. In February 1946 he joined the Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.^[1][2] and in 1947 he became vice chairman of the People's Committee of North Korea. In the 1948 North Korean parliamentary election he was elected^[3] a member of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea and following the formal declaration of independence of North Korea, he served as Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 1st Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea. From December 1953 to July 1957 he served as the 3rd Minister of Justice in the 1st Cabinet of North Korea succeeding Ho Jong-suk. He was purged together with his brother in 1960.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Organization and Role of the Provisional People's Committee of North Korea". National Institute of Korean History. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
2. 민주개혁과 북한교회의 좌우분열해방공간의 겪은 북한교회의 분열과 아픔 (in Korean). Naver. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
3. Suh, Dae-Sook (1981). Korean Communism, 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. pp. 393–400. ISBN 978-0-8248-0740-5.