List of heads of state of North Korea
Heads of State of North Korea (1948–present)

List of heads of state of North Korea

Section Title: Heads of State of North Korea (1948–present)
Table Section Text: None

Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Chairman	Political party	Term	Election

-	Kim Tu-bong 김두봉 1889–1958	Workers' Party of North Korea	9 September 1948	20 September 1957	1st SPA

Workers' Party of Korea

-	Choe Yong-gon 최용건 1900–1976	Korean Social Democratic Party	20 September 1957	23 October 1962	2nd SPA

Workers' Party of Korea

23 October 1962	16 December 1967	3rd SPA

16 December 1967	28 December 1972	4th SPA

President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

President	Political party	Term	Election

-	-	Workers' Party of Korea	28 December 1972	16 December 1977	5th SPA

16 December 1977	6 April 1982	6th SPA

6 April 1982	29 December 1986	7th SPA

29 December 1986	24 May 1990	8th SPA

24 May 1990	8 July 1994	9th SPA

Vacant (8 July 1994–5 September 1998)

President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

President	Political party	Term	Election

-	-	Workers' Party of Korea	5 September 1998	3 September 2003	10th SPA

3 September 2003	9 April 2009	11th SPA

9 April 2009	9 April 2014	12th SPA

9 April 2014	11 April 2019	13th SPA

-	Choe Ryong-hae 최룡해 (born 1950)	Workers' Party of Korea	11 April 2019	Incumbent	14th SPA

Sentence(s)

Kim Tu-bong was the first head of state of North Korea from 1948 to 1957.

final_sentence: Kim Tu-bong was the first head of state of North Korea from 1948 to 1957.