Cha Hui-rim (; born 1953) is a North Korean politician. He is a candidate member of the Central Committee of the

Workers' Party of Korea The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), also called the Korean Workers' Party (KWP), is the sole ruling party of North Korea. Founded in 1949 from a merger between the Workers' Party of North Korea and the Workers' Party of South Korea, the WPK is ...

and chairman of the People's Committee of

Pyongyang Pyongyang () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution" (). Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. Accordi ...

Biography

He was born in 1953. He was elected as secretary of the WPK Pyongyang Party Committee in October 2011 after passing through the organizational secretary of the Ministry of Water and Construction. In September 2012, he was appointed chairman of the People's Committee of Pyongyang City as a successor to

Ryang Man-gil Ryang Man-gil (; born on April 16, 1941) is a North Korean politician. He served as the Chairman of Pyongyang People's Committee and as a member of the Supreme People's Assembly. Biography Then in February 1990 the politician became the chairman ...

. In November 2012, he was a member of the National Sports Coaching Committee. He was elected to the 13th convocation of the

Supreme People's Assembly The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA; ) is the legislature of North Korea. It is ostensibly the highest organ of state power and the only branch of government in North Korea, with all state organs subservient to it under the principle of unified ...

and was appointed a member of its Legislative Committee. In May 2016, at the

7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea The 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea, was held on 6–9 May 2016. Background The 7th Congress was the first Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea held since the 6th Congress of the Worke ...

he was elected as a candidate member for the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. In April 2017, he was promoted to full member. As of January 2020 he is the state official in charge of Pyongyang

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