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Yang Hyong-sop | |
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양형섭 | |
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| Vice President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly | |
| In office 5 September 1998 – 11 April 2019 Serving with Kim Yong-dae | |
| President | Kim Yong-nam |
| Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly | |
| In office 7 April 1983 – 5 September 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Hwang Jang-yop |
| Succeeded by | Kim Yong-nam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1925 Hamhung, Kankyōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 13 May 2022 (aged 96) Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Korea |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 양형섭 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yang Hyeong-seop |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yang Hyŏng-sŏp |
Yang Hyong-sop (Korean: 양형섭; 1 October 1925 – 13 May 2022) was a North Korean politician who served as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly and Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly from 1983[2] to 1998 (from 1994 it was formally the highest position in the state[citation needed]). He subsequently served as Vice President of the Presidium of the SPA from 1998 to 2019.
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