Pak Yong-bin

Pak Yong-bin (Korean: 박영빈) was a North Korean politician who served as the Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Pak Yong-bin
박영빈
Member of the WPK Politburo
Personal details
BornTashkent
OccupationPolitician

Biography

He was born in Tashkent and graduated from a party school.[1] From 1953 to 1956 he became a member of the 6th Joint Plenary Session of the 2nd Standing Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.[2] From 23 March 1954 to 18 September 1961, he was the Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea.
[3][4][5][6] Being a member of the Soviet faction, In 1956 he was purged during the August Faction Incident.[7]

References
  1. CS Lee (1968). "The Russian Faction in North Korea". Asian Survey. University of California Press. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  2. Suh 1981, p. 322.
  3. Suh 1981, pp. 280, 316 & 319.
  4. Suh 1981, p. 318.
  5. Suh 1981, p. 338.
  6. "Second Plenum of Seventh WPK Central Committee". Korean Central News Agency. 8 October 2017. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via KCNA Watch.
  7. Han Kyu-han (2006-06-01). "North Korea in the 1950s: Capital accumulation and power struggle". Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  • Suh, Dae-sook (1981). Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System (1st ed.). University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 0-8248-0740-5.
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