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Members of DPRK Cabinet Appointed

Date: 09/04/2014 | Source: KCNA.kp (En) | Read original version at source

Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- The following members of the DPRK Cabinet were appointed at the First Session of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly of DPRK:

    Premier of the DPRK Cabinet Pak Pong Ju

    Vice-Premier and Chairman of the State Planning Commission Ro Tu Chol

    Vice-Premier Kim Yong Jin

    Vice-Premier and Minister of Chemical Industry Ri Mu Yong

    Vice-Premier and Minister of Agriculture Ri Chol Man

    Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong

    Minister of Electric Power Industry Kim Man Su

    Minister of Coal Industry Mun Myong Hak

    Minister of Metallurgical Industry Kim Yong Gwang

    Minister of Railways Jon Kil Su

    Minister of Land and Maritime Transport Kang Jong Gwan

    Minister of Mining Industry Ri Hak Chol

    Minister of State Natural Resources Development Ri Chun Sam

    Minister of Oil Industry Pae Hak

    Minister of Forestry Han Ryong Guk

    Minister of Machine-building Industry Ri Jong Guk

    Minister of Atomic Energy Industry Ri Je Son

    Minister of Electronics Industry Kim Jae Song

    Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Sim Chol Ho

    Minister of Construction and Building-Materials Industry Tong Jong Ho

    Minister of State Construction Control Kwon Song Ho

    Minister of Food and Consumer Goods Industries Jo Yong Chol

    Minister of Fisheries Ri Hyok

    Minister of Finance Choe Kwang Jin

    Minister of Labor Jong Yong Su

    Minister of Foreign Trade Ri Ryong Nam

    Chairman of the State Science and Technology Commission Choe Sang Gon

    President of the State Academy of Sciences Jang Chol

    Minister of Land and Environment Protection Kim Kyong Jun

    Minister of Urban Management Kang Yong Su

    Minister of Food Procurement and Administration Mun Ung Jo

    Minister of Commerce Kim Kyong Nam

    Chairman of the Education Commission and Minister of General Education Kim Sung Du

    President of Kim Il Sung University and Minister of Higher Education under the Education Commission Thae Hyong Chol

    Minister of Public Health Kang Ha Guk

    Minister of Culture Pak Chun Nam

    Minister of Physical Culture and Sports Ri Jong Mu

    President of the Central Bank Kim Chon Gyun

    Director of the Central Bureau of Statistics Ri Sung Ho

    Secretary General of the Cabinet Kim Yong Ho -0-

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