# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/choe-thae-bok
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:10:22.416Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/choe-thae-bok"
name: "Choe Thae-bok"
slug: "choe-thae-bok"
description: "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 (speaker) of the Supreme People's Assembly for nearly 21 years, from 1998 to 2019. He was considered an advisor to Kim Jong Il, as well as a popular member of the core leadership. He spoke fluent English, German and Russian in addition to Korean."
tagline: "North Korean politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Choe_Thae-bok_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1930-12-01"
deathDate: "2024-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.421528
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "崔泰福"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choe_Thae-bok"
    title: "Choe Thae-bok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choe_Thae-bok"
    title: "Choe Thae-bok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choe_Thae-bok"
    title: "Choe Thae-bok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%88%DA%A9"
    title: "چو تائه-بوک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choe_Thae-bok"
    title: "Choe Thae-bok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csh%C3%B6_Thebok"
    title: "Cshö Thebok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choe_Thae-bok"
    title: "Choe Thae-bok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choe_Thae-bok"
    title: "Choe Thae-bok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E6%B3%B0%E7%A6%8F"
    title: "崔泰福"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B5%9C%ED%83%9C%EB%B3%B5"
    title: "최태복"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%E2%80%99oe_T%E2%80%99ae_Bok"
    title: "Ch’oe T’ae Bok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choe_Thae-bok"
    title: "Choe Thae-bok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choe_Thae-bok"
    title: "Choe Thae-bok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choe_Thae-bok"
    title: "Choe Thae-bok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92_%D8%A8%D9%88%DA%A9"
    title: "چوئی تھائے بوک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E6%B3%B0%E7%A6%8F"
    title: "崔泰福"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710692"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump