Pak Pong-ju

Premier of North Korea from 2003 to 2007 and 2013 to 2019
Person human Q494800
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Pak Pong-ju

Summary

Pak Pong-ju is a human[1]. Born in North Hamgyong Province[2], he… he was born on April 10, 1939[3]. He worked as a politician[4]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (236 views/month, #7,228 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Pak Pong-ju was born in North Hamgyong Province[2].
  • Pak Pong-ju was born in Kimchaek[6].
  • Pak Pong-ju was born on April 10, 1939[3].
  • Pak Pong-ju held citizenship in North Korea[7].
  • Pak Pong-ju worked as a politician[4].
  • Pak Pong-ju held the position of Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea[8].
  • Pak Pong-ju held the position of Vice Chairman of the State Affairs Commission[9].
  • Pak Pong-ju held the position of member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea[10].
  • Pak Pong-ju held the position of member of the Supreme People's Assembly[11].
  • Pak Pong-ju's religion is recorded as atheism[12].
  • Pak Pong-ju is recorded as male[13].
  • Pak Pong-ju's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Pak Pong-ju was affiliated with the Workers’ Party of Korea[15].
  • Pak Pong-ju's family name is recorded as Park[16].
  • Pak Pong-ju's given name is recorded as Bong-ju[17].
  • Pak Pong-ju's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Korean[18].
  • Pak Pong-ju's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '박봉주'}[19].
  • Pak Pong-ju's McCune–Reischauer romanization is recorded as Pak Pongju[20].
  • Pak Pong-ju's Revised Romanization is recorded as Bak Bong-ju[21].

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Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include North Hamgyong Province[2], a province of North Korea[22], in North Korea[23], founded in 1896[24] and Kimchaek[6], a city of North Korea[25], in North Korea[26]. Pak Pong-ju was born on April 10, 1939[3].

Career and Affiliations

Pak Pong-ju worked as a politician[4]. Positions held include Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea[8], Vice Chairman of the State Affairs Commission[9], member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea[10], and member of the Supreme People's Assembly[11].

Personal Life

Pak Pong-ju's religion is recorded as atheism[12]. He was affiliated with the Workers’ Party of Korea[15].

Why It Matters

Pak Pong-ju ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (236 views/month, #7,228 of 1,000,298).[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] He is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

Where was Pak Pong-ju born?

Pak Pong-ju's place of birth was North Hamgyong Province[2].

What did Pak Pong-ju do for work?

Pak Pong-ju worked as politician[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr. Retrieved . nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr. Retrieved . nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr. Retrieved . nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16h ago · Printstream · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → North Hamgyong Province, Kimchaek
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ca', 'cdo', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'he',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57880|batch #57880]]: Import more precise places of birth, date from dewiki"
  2. 20w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Bong-ju
    Instance of → —
    Member of political party → Workers’ Party of Korea
    Country of citizenship → North Korea
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||pl, fi, et, lt, lv, sk, hu, ro, bg, tr, az, hy, ka, hr, bs, sl, sr, mk, sq, mt, is, ga, cy, an, oc, br, co, fy, lb, nds, sco */ Add multilingual descriptions "
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